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Essential Nashville
Get to know some key Nashville neighborhoods in this series Know Your City by Vanderbilt Undergraduate Admissions:
Summer in Music City
On Leaving
Music City Gives Back to VUMC
Sounds of the City: What We’re Listening To
Know Your City: Downtown Nashville
Sounds of the City: What We’re Listening To
Know Your City: Germantown
Know Your City: Sylvan Park
Know Your City: Hillsboro Village
Know Your City: 12South
Know Your City: Historic East Nashville
Where to Stay
From luxury hotels to bed-and-breakfasts to campgrounds, Nashville has it all. The Visit Nashville site has information and deals on all sorts of lodgining options.
Getting Around
Making your way around Nashville is a breeze.
A number of online maps are available from the Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Nashville International Airport
Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority
Options for Nashville taxi cabs
Learn more about alternative modes of transportation available to Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students.
Local Media
The Tennessean
La Campana
The City Paper
Nashville Business Journal
Nashville Lifestyles
Nashville Scene
Out and About Nashville
WKRN Channel 2 (ABC)
Government Access TV Channel 3
WSMV Channel 4 (NBC)
WTVF Channel 5 (CBS)
WDCN Channel 8 (PBS)
WZTV Channel 17 (FOX)
Nashville's High Notes:
- AOL: America's New Boomtown City Is ... Nashville
- InsideVandy: Life beyond the Vanderbilt bubble: Why Vandy students are sticking around
- The Today Show raves about Nashville
- Conde Nast Traveler: Five cities to visit in 2013
- The New York Times: Nashville’s Latest Hit? The City Itself
- The New York Times: The Heartbeat, and the Twang, of a City: ‘Nashville,’ the TV Series Starring the City
- The New York Times: "Nashville’s Rising Stars: The Kitchen Is Their Studio"
- Business Insider: 9th “Hottest American City of the Future”
- GQ has renamed Nashville "Nowville"
- Best Music Scene, 2011:
Nashville was named the "Best Music Scene" by Rolling Stone for its "historical music venues, celebrity residents, and record stores" - 10 Best New Restaurants in America:
Local restaurant The Catbird Seat was named "10 Best New Restaurants in America" by GQ Magazine in their 2012 esteemed list - Top 15 U.S. Destinations On The Rise For 2012
Nashville was named the #1 "Destination on the Rise" by TripAdvisor based on traveler reviews - America's Favorite Cities 2011
Nashville was given a Top 5 ranking by Travel + Leisure readers for its "Affordable Getaways" and "Friendliest City" categories