Nashville’s known for its honky-tonks, neon lights, and spicy hot chicken—but just outside the city limits, another kind of rhythm plays. It’s the sound of cicadas buzzing in the summer heat, logs crackling in a fire pit, and the occasional distant owl calling across the Tennessee hills.
Glamping Nashville takes the fresh air and unplugged charm of camping and blends it with the creature comforts you’d expect from a boutique hotel. In and around Nashville, that can mean anything from a lakeside safari tent with a hot tub to a mirrored mountaintop cabin with a spa day built in.
The best part? You don’t have to drive halfway across the state to find them. Every stay on this list is within two hours of Nashville’s downtown, so you can spend your days exploring Tennessee’s trails, farms, and rivers and still make it back in time for a night out on Broadway—if you want…