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CMA Music Festival
MUSIC
Jun)
Draws tens of thousands of country-music fans to town.
Tennessee State Fair
FAIR
Sep)
Nine days of racing pigs, mule-pulls and cake bake-
offs.
Sleeping
Bargain-bin chain motels cluster on all sides of downtown, along I-40 and I-65. Music
Valley has a glut of family-friendly midprice chains.
Downtown
Nashville Downtown Hostel
HOSTEL$
( 615-497-1208;
www.nashvillehostel.com
; 177 1st Ave N; dm/r $28/85; )
Well located and
up-to-the-minute in style and function, the common space in the basement with its rather
regal exposed stone walls and beamed rafters is your all-hours mingle den. Dorm rooms
are upstairs on the 4th floor, and have lovely wood floors, exposed timber columns, sil-
ver beamed ceilings and four brand new bunks to a room. All come with shared bath-
rooms. Parking is $12.
Union Station Hotel
HOTEL$$$
$$$
( 615-726-1001;
www.unionstationhotelnashville.com
; 1001 Broadway; r from $359; )
This soaring Romanesque grey stone castle was Nashville's train station back in the days
when rail travel was a grand affair; today it's downtown's most iconic hotel. The vaulted
lobby is dressed in peach and gold with inlaid marble floors and a stained-glass ceiling.
Rooms are tastefully modern, with flatscreen TVs and deep soaking tubs. Parking costs
$20.
Hermitage Hotel
HOTEL$$$
$$$
( 888-888-9414, 615-244-3121;
www.thehermitagehotel.com
;
231 6th Ave N; r from $399;
)
Nashville's first million-dollar hotel was a hit with the socialites when it opened in
1910. The lobby feels like a Czar's palace, every surface covered in rich tapestries and
