Getting your bearings in a new city is often the hardest part of taking a trip, but in the following pages you'll find everything you'll need to know to get settled in after you arrive in town. This is the sort of nuts-and-bolts information that will help you familiarize yourself with Nashville.
Visitor Information
On the baggage-claim level of Nashville International Airport, you'll find the Airport Welcome Center (tel. 615/275-1675), where you can pick up brochures, maps, and bus information, and get answers to any questions you may have about touring the city. This center is open daily from 6:30am to midnight. In downtown Nashville, you'll find the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau Visitors Center, Fifth Avenue and Broadway (tel. 615/259-4747), the main source of information on the city and surrounding areas. The information center is located at the base of the radio tower of the Nashville Arena and is open daily during daylight hours. Signs on interstate highways around the downtown area will direct you to the Arena. Information is also available from the main office of the Chamber of Commerce/Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau, 211 Commerce St., Nashville, TN 37219 (tel. 615/259-4700). The office is open Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm.
For information on the state of Tennessee, contact the Tennessee Department of Tourism Development, P.O. Box 23170, Nashville, TN 37202 (tel. 615/741-2158).
