Nashville Attractions
Belle Mead Plantation © Robin Hood, Nashville CVB
Belle Meade Plantation
One popular Nashville attraction that is not music related is
the Belle Meade Plantation, known as 'the queen of Tennessee
plantations', boasting an 1853 Greek Revival mansion that has been
carefully restored to show its original elegance. The authentic
Civil War bullet holes that riddle its columns are still visible.
Among the outbuildings that survive on the 12-hectare (30-acre)
site is one of the oldest houses in Tennessee, a log cabin built in
1790. There is also a carriage house, visitor centre, tearoom and
gift shop. The Belle Meade estate was one of America's first and
finest thoroughbred breeding farms. Tours of the antebellum
furnished mansion and grounds are given by guides dressed in period
costume.
Address: 5025 Harding Road;
Website: www.bellemeadeplantation.com;
Telephone: (615) 356 0501;
Transport: The estate can be reached by public bus number 3 from Riverfront Park;
Opening time: Daily tours are from Monday to Saturday 9am to 5pm and Sunday 11am to 5pm. Last tour starts at 4pm;
Admission: $15 (adults); $7 (children), Fives and under free
