Nashville Guide

Kid-Friendly Activities

• Frist Museum (Youth ages 18 and under are free)
• Country Music Hall of Fame (Local admission incentives can be found here
• Adventure Science Center
• Above-All Trampoline Park
• Cheekwood Botanical Gardens
• Discovery Center
• Third Coast Clay
• Brushfire Pottery
• Nashville Zoo
• Tennessee State Museum (FREE)
• Splash Pad at Cumberland Park (FREE)
• Franklin Recreation Center (Outdoor Pool and Splash Park)
• Port Royal Park and Splash Pa

Arts, Music and Entertainment

• Tennessee Performing Arts Center
• Franklin Theater
• Nashville Symphony
• Ryman
• Grand Ole Opry
• The Station Inn
• Bluebird Cafe
• 3rd and Lindsley
• Exit/In

Experiences

• Walk Eat Nashville Food Tours
• Nashville Mural Tour
• Franklin On Foot Tours
• Belmont Mansion
• Gaylord Opryland, Relache Spa and SoundWaves
• Madame Tussauds
• Nashville Public Library (has a great kid’s area)
• Goo Goo Clusters Shop and Classes
• The Flying Ham

History

• The Hermitage
• Lotz House
• Carnton and Carter House (Can purchase Value Ticket from Franklin Visitor’s Center)

Areas to Explore/Shopping

• 12th South: White’s Merchantile, Draper James
• Downtown Franklin: Tin Cottage, Finnley’s Boutique, Yarrow Acres Plant Shop and The Factory
• Germantown
• East Nashville: Lemon Laine, Shops on Fatherland
• The Nations: Able, The Mill
• Brentwood: Sugar Drop, Copper Penny, Hot Pink, Spruce, Raine
• Columbia, TN: Hattie Janes Creamery, Muletown Coffee,Needle and Grain, Lily Jane, Faded Farmhouse,

RestaurantsP

• Pastaria (Has Family Hour from 4-6 during the weekdays and a great play area outside)
• Desano’s Pizza
• Mojo’s Tacos
• Tiny Little Donuts
• Donut and Dog
• Plaza Mariachi
• Pucketts (Leiper’s Fork, Franklin, Columbia)
• Five Daughter’s Donutsh (12th South, Franklin, East Nashville)
• Frothy Monkey (12th South and Franklin)
• Martin’s BBQ
• Edley’s
• Butcher and Bee
• Burger Up (Cool Springs and 12th South)
• Taqueria del Sol
• Bar Taco
• Hugh Baby’s (Has a play ground)
• Restoration Hardware Cafe
• Little Gourmand
• Puffy Muffin
• Franklin Mercantile
• Merridee’s
• The Food Company
• Green Hills Grille
  
• Brixx Pizza
• Gray’s on Main
• Pinewood Social
• 5th and Taylor
• Virago
• Nashville Farmer’s Market
• Pancake Pantry
• Loveless Cafe
• Ruby Sunshine
• Biscuit Love (The Gulch and Franklin)
• Shake Shack
• Jeni’s Ice Cream
• The Picnic Cafe

Parks

• Centennial/The Parthenon
• Sevier Park
• Fannie Mae Dees
• Pinkerton
• Riverfront
• Percy Warner
• Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park
• Shelby Bottoms
• Radnor Lake
• Fort Negley Park and Visitor’s Center
• Cumberland Park

Sports

• Nashville Soccer Club
• Titans NFL
• Nashville Predators
• Nashville Sounds Baseball
• King’s Bowl
• Vanderbilt Athletics
• Belmont Athletics

Coffee

• 8th and Roast
• Frothy Monkey
• Barista Parlor
• Kettner Coffee Co
• Crema
• Just Love
• Farm City Coffee
• Stay Golden
• Red Bicycle
• Sump Coffee
• Humphrey’s Street
• Relevator
• White Bison
• Portland Brew
• Union Teller
• Dose Coffee
• The Well
• Dozen
• Steadfast
• Fido
• Killebrew
• Drug Store Coffee
• The Loading Dock
• Coffee and Coconuts