Travel News February 2018


Authentic, accessible, accommodating and affordable - Nashville E


ACH of Nashville's neighbourhoods provide a unique vibe and experience complete with shopping, dining and nightlife options that


offer locals and visitors a taste of Nashville's eclectic diversity.


This reborn Southern scene ranges from rebel to ritzy all in the same block. Explore these avenues and you’re sure to discover an intimacy found nowhere else.


OPRYLAND/MUSIC VALLEY


Opryland/Music Valley offers great entertainment, dining, and shopping options close to Gaylord Opryland and Opry Mills. DOWNTOWN


Downtown Nashville is alive with exciting live music, great food, and elegant hotels.


World-famous Lower Broadway is at the heart of downtown, offering something for every kind of taste, fun, and sound.


MIDTOWN/VANDERBILT


This bustling neighbourhood, extending up Broadway and Division Street, is home to a variety of hotels, restaurants, and bars that come alive at night. WEST END/ ELLISTON PLACE


In the heart of the neighbourhood is the Elliston Place Rock Block, a block-long section of Elliston Place that is home to some of the loudest nightclubs in town.


GERMANTOWN


Germantown, lined with beautiful Victorian buildings and homes, has great restaurants and shops making Nashville's oldest neighbourhood the perfect place for a daytime stroll or a nice evening out. 12SOUTH


The 12South neighbourhood offers everything


from boutique shops to art galleries and music stores. Take a break at any of the coffee shops, restaurants or bars that line the row. GREEN HILLS


The mecca for shopping lovers, Green Hills offers boutique shopping, an upscale mall, diverse dining options and plenty of sports bars to watch the big game.


THE GULCH


Upscale restaurants and a vibrant nightlife have made The Gulch the hottest new neighbourhood in Nashville.


BELMONT/HILLSBORO VILLAGE Hillsboro Village is a collection of shops, boutiques and restaurants perfect for a day’s stroll. EAST NASHVILLE


Over the years, East Nashville has developed an eclectic and creative vibe that has attracted many musicians and visual artists to the neighbourhood. MARATHON VILLAGE


Marathon Village, a unique neighbourhood of sorts that has become quite a Nashville hotspot, is made up of a group of 100-year-old warehouse buildings which was originally where the Marathon, a car made in the early 1900s, was built.


MUSIC ROW/ DEMONBREUN/EDGEHILL Explore a neighbourhood which houses the recording studios from which your favourite songs


Music is the lifeblood of Nashville and can be found on every street


came to be. SOBRO


South of Broadway’s honky tonks and neon lights is an area called SoBro, filled with the new Music City Center convention center, hot new restaurants, attractions, cocktail bars, and trendy hotels. 8TH AVENUE/MELROSE


Not far from downtown, antique stores line both sides of Eighth Avenue/Melrose.


A collector’s haven, the area has become known as a premier antiques district. BERRY HILL


Home to more than 400 businesses and 40 recording studios and music publishers, Berry Hill offers everything from a make-your-own-pancakes shop to a dog bakery. SYLVAN PARK


Southwest of downtown Nashville lies the quaint and quiet neighbourhood of Sylvan Park, a beautiful setting with homes, businesses, restaurants and nightlife that run the gamut from funky to upscale. DONELSON


Donelson is just 10 miles east of downtown Nashville and is often the first and last place seen by visitors that travel to Nashville by air. THE NATIONS


Come together for a great meal or go on a shopping excursion in The Nations, a Nashville neighbourhood.


WEDGEWOOD/HOUSTON


Wedgewood/Houston offers art galleries around every corner, and many places which invite you to create something of your own in Music City.


New Orleans, or the big easy, is the birthplace of Jazz


America’s most culturally and historically rich destinations!


NEW Orleans is one of the world's most fascinating cities – it's home to a truly unique melting pot of culture, food and music. Experience one of America's most culturally and historically-rich destinations. The French Quarter, also known as the Vieux Carré or the “Quarter” to locals, sits on a crescent in the Mississippi River on some of the highest ground in New Orleans. Not only is it the city’s cultural hub, but it is also a community where residents take time to welcome visitors in the streets.


The Garden District is a dynamic community grounded in a strong sense of tradition. Some of its homes are still known by the names of the families that built them over a century ago, and official flags designating Mardi Gras Royalty are a common sight here during Carnival season. The French Quarter, Garden District,


and Faubourg Marigny have always been great destinations for visitors to New Orleans, but the city's revitalised Arts District is giving travellers yet another reason to come to the Crescent City. This historic neighbourhood - filled with amazing art galleries, fine restaurants, and world- class museums, has become a bustling centre of attention in the heart of downtown New Orleans. The Faubourg Marigny developed as New Orleans’ second suburb in 1806 and was the first historic zoning since the Vieux Carre. The Marigny is a top choice for New Orleanians and visitors looking for great music, fine food and an authentic, historic neighbourhood. It is a short ferry ride from the foot of Canal Street in busy downtown New Orleans to Algiers Point, but the transition is dramatic. Algiers Point is New Orleans’ Brooklyn without the bustle - the neighbourhood has great views of both the city skyline and the Mississippi River. Faubourg is a French term meaning 'suburb' or neighbourhood. The Faubourg Tremé, or as it is more frequently referred to, Tremé, is not only America's oldest black neighbourhood, but was


also the site of significant economic, cultural, political, social, and legal events that have shaped the course of events in Black America for the past two centuries. Lakeview - named for its close proximity to Lake Pontchartrain - is a moderately affluent neighbourhood filled with frame cottages and brink ranch-style homes. This section of the city is marked as being bound by Lakeshore Drive, Orleans Avenue, City Park Avenue, and the Jefferson Parish line. Within this area are four separate neighbourhoods: Lakeview, Lakewood, West End, and Navarre. Gentilly, New Orleans East, and the Ninth


Ward - Away from downtown, there is still rich history and culture in New Orleans – in fact, many argue this is where the culture comes from. Historic neighbourhoods like Holy Cross and Gentilly Terrace sit on some of the highest ground in the city. These once rural areas live today as the starting ground for the neighbourhoods that now surround them. Like so many American urban centres, New Orleans’ Central Business District (CBD) was once a ghost town after work, but not anymore! Evenings now bring crowds to historic Lafayette Square for free concerts, and numerous other restaurants, bars and theatres come to life after dark.


Mid-City is the heart of New Orleans, the area where locals come when they want to remember what makes this city the generous, pleasure- loving, hard-boiled town that it is. Stop by any neighbourhood eaterie here for an elegant experience or a meal to remember at the numerous formica counter favourites. Mid-city showcases the spirit of a true neighbourhood as defined by that unique measure of camaraderie found only in this city: It has its own Mardi Grasparading society. The Krewe of Mid-City, founded in 1933 by a group of area businessmen, is the fifth oldest Carnival marching organisation in New Orleans.


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