Is Midtown a good place to stay in Nashville?

Midtown is a good base if you want a better-value hotel near the centre. It stretches west from the Gulch along Broadway and West End Avenue, about 30 minutes on foot or a short rideshare from Lower Broadway, and WeGo buses run along both main roads into downtown.

The area mixes music history, university life and busy bars. Music Row's recording studios sit just south, including RCA Studio B where Elvis recorded, Vanderbilt University's leafy campus fills the west, and Centennial Park has a full-size replica of the Parthenon. The bars around Broadway and 21st Avenue are where students and locals go out.

The downside is that you're not in the middle of the honky-tonks, so nights on Broadway mean a ride back. The streets around the bars are noisy at weekends, and parts of Midtown are busy roads with chain hotels rather than charming streets.

What makes Midtown worth considering is value with a local feel. Hotels often cost much less than downtown or the Gulch, you can see where Nashville's music is actually made, and the evening crowd is more local than on Broadway. For practical travellers, it's a smart choice.