Opryland Hotel Indoor Garden and Collections
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Indoor Garden at the Opryland Hotel
The Gaylord Corporation has hit a real home run in the tourist industry by building this hotel. Not only does this hotel have rooms that overlook a beautiful atrium, but it has a river that flows through it and a retail island (with shops and restaurants) in the middle. Water from all over the world (waterways listed on plaques placed along the side of the river) was placed in the river at it's foundation.
The shops are few and varied. My favorite had Christmas ornaments and wine stoppers and opened onto a patio. You can easily spend a morning just walking around and admiring the views.
From journal Nashville, TN
Opryland Hotel
- March 6, 2005
- Rated 4 of 5 by
chadk78 from Blacksburg, South Carolina
Although it is an accommodation, the Opryland Hotel is also an attraction. The lobby areas are all open to the public for exploration. I've never stayed there, but I have visited a couple of times. As you walk through, you go from being in a conventional hotel lobby to being in a tropical rainforest or a swamp in the Deep South. One area, which has a variety of shops and restaurants, is very reminiscent of the French Quarter in New Orleans. A man-made river meanders throughout the open, center portion of the hotel, and boat tours are given for a fee. It's free just to walk through and well worth your time.
From journal Music City: Not Just About Music
Opryland Hotel
- February 14, 2005
- Rated 5 of 5 by
dwsmith78 from St. Louis, Missouri
While we didn't stay here, this is an attraction in itself. From the outside, it looks fairly bland, and the only tell-tale sign of something on the inside are the glass windows protruding from the top. When you get there, avoid the pay parking. Go to the Opry Mills parking lot, and you will find a short footpath leading to the hotel. Once inside, you are transported to another world. It is focused around a series of lakes and waterfalls. These aren't some little fountains that you find in an upscale hotel; these are full-blown lakes and rivers that have boats on them. Nestled on the lake's "shore" are shops and restaurants that take you to the bayou or New Orleans. We easily spent an hour just poking our heads around, discovering hidden gazebos and inlets before we had to leave to make it to our Grand Ole Opry tour.
From journal Nashville - A mixed-breed city
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Opryland Hotel
- April 25, 2004
- Rated 5 of 5 by
bonpow from Sweetwater, Tennessee
First of all, I want to explain why I listed this as an attraction and not a hotel. It is because the hotel is as much an attraction as it is an accommodation. We did not stay there because getting a room at this hotel during the Christmas season is next to impossible unless you plan well in advance. If you are lucky enough to find something, the price will be a premium.
We have stayed there before, so I have to let you know that you will get a nicer room at the Doubletree Suites near the airport. However, a walk through the atrium is a must for anyone visiting Nashville, especially during Christmas time.
For those of you who are unfamiliar, the Opryland Hotel has a huge atrium garden that is always green and pretty. During Christmas they set up different scenes in the atrium. It is very festive. They have a Christmas tree formed entirely of poinsettias and a harp player strumming Christmas carols. There is no other place like it.
The outside is also full of lights and trees and even some Christmas Village type scenes. The hotel is very close to the airport. I have to wonder how many pilots look down on the Opryland Hotel during Christmas and request landing there. There ARE that many lights!
The hotel is often crowded, and parking is a premium. It will also cost you $8 to park, although the walk through the atrium is free. It is well worth it if you've never seen it before or if you just love to be filled with the Christmas spirit.
From journal Tender Tennessee Christmas
Orpyland Hotel
This place was unbelivable. If you go to Nashville, you have to see this. It was overwhemling to see, like a city under a glass dome. They even had a man-made lake you could take a boat ride in.
From journal nashville(home of country music)