Condé Nast Traveler named the Hutton Hotel on its 2010 Hot List. Located in the West End, the hotel is convenient to both historic and music attractions. Furnished in eclectic elegance, the hotel is a destination for both the recreational and business traveler. The Hutton takes great pride in its sustainable living amenities, including recycling programs, bamboo furniture and flooring, LED or fluorescent lighting and an eco-friendly hybrid courtesy vehicle. Rooms embody the word comfort with their flat-panel televisions, luxurious bedding and granite bathrooms.
Part of the Gaylord hotel chain, the Gaylord Opryland is a hotel, dining and shopping paradise within one enormous atrium enclave. The on-site swimming pools, fitness center and salon and spa are just part of the extraordinary amenities. Traditional rooms greet guests and allow them to relax with comfortable linens, remote-controlled television and an alarm clock with an iPod docking station. Premium rooms enjoy a view of the atrium garden.
Artist Harold Kraus' work is prominently featured at the Kraus Art Gallery located inside the Loews Vanderbilt. Devotees of the Loews chain of hotels discover its exceptional attention to detail with a bit of a Nashville twist: the lobby jukebox offers the music of the previous hotel guests with a musical bent. For those who bring children or pets, both childcare and pet-sitting or walking services are available. The décor is bright and contemporary, and rooms look out over Vanderbilt University's campus or the musical city.
Named after President Andrew Jackson's Hermitage estate, the city's first million-dollar hotel opened in 1910 and advertised itself as "fireproof, noiseproof, and dustproof, $2.00 and up." Over the years, the hotel has hosted six presidents and countless persons of note including cowboy Gene Autrey, actress Bette Davis, chanteuse Bette Midler and even the controversial Al Capone. Luxury is the definition of the hotel's amentities that include on-call limousine service, massage therapy appointments, concierge and nightly turn-down service. For guests interested in the genteel southern tradition of afternoon tea or cocktails, the grand lobby is the place to see and be seen in the afternoon.
