Nashville is a city alive with music, bistros, bars, shopping, and a whole lot of neon. For many first-time visitors, the default instinct is to book something along Honky Tonk Highway.
If you’re looking for energy and noise, you’ll find it in Nashville, but what if you’re looking to experience Music City a different way? Not to worry! Travelers looking for something a little calmer or more refined still fit right in here. The trick, however, is knowing where to stay (and where to go).
Yes, there’s another way to visit Nashville, a place where Music City and serenity intersect. And it starts at Noa Nashville.
Where to Stay in Nashville, Away From Downtown
Broadway is a key attraction in Nashville. The artistry and energy here are undeniable. The scene is legendary, and every visitor should take it all in at least once. But staying there is a different story. However electric the experience may be, it can lean more toward exhausting than a relaxing getaway.
For the traveler who came to Nashville for the culture, the cuisine, and the music in its most authentic form, hotels off Broadway in Nashville can deliver convenience, but they rarely offer a polished, personalized experience.
East Nashville, home of Noa Nashville, offers something much richer. Just minutes from the Broadway corridor, the walkable streets here are lined with independent shops, award-winning restaurants, art galleries, and live music venues big and small. Here’s where you get it all, without being placed in the thick of it.
What Is the Best Area to Stay in When Visiting Nashville?
More travelers are realizing the answer to this question is East Nashville. Is Noa Nashville the reason why? Could be…
Noa is an exclusive urban resort featuring 16 upscale residences designed for guests who expect more than a cookie-cutter 900-square-foot hotel room. Townhomes and carriage homes each offer generous, thoughtfully appointed spaces with sumptuous bedrooms, spa-inspired bathrooms, sophisticated living quarters, and a fully equipped chef's kitchen that the Noa team can stock with your preferred provisions, wines, and pantry favorites ahead of your arrival.
You’ll enjoy a private patio that looks out onto the resort's courtyard, a crystal-clear swimming pool, a cedar sauna, and cold plunge. Down the walkway is a fire pit encircled by Adirondack chairs, perfect for winding down under the Nashville sky with a nightcap and some good conversation. An on-site fitness facility makes it easy for you to work on your fitness and gear up for another day.
Whether your schedule includes a Southern-themed lunch and the spang-a-lang pulse of live music, or a stroll through Shelby Bottoms, a 960-acre urban oasis with miles of paved trails, forested hiking paths, and a view of the Cumberland River, here you have choices.
Explore East Nashville at Your Pace
Hotels off Broadway can offer predictability rather than a sense of space, tranquility, comfort, and ease, because at these towers, volume is the goal.
Nashville visitors who choose Noa find themselves close enough to Broadway to make an evening of it yet nestled in a neighborhood where the morning is peaceful and beautiful; where you can stay in, make your own breakfast and coffee, and take it out to the patio, or you can stroll over to Five Points for a cappuccino and house-made pastries.
By day, you can explore the many independent boutiques and art-forward storefronts. By night, the restaurants off Broadway in Nashville that have earned the most devoted followings are just a short stroll or drive from Noa. With more than 30 top-rated options, you’ll never be at a loss for the kind of experiences you just can’t find at home. After dinner, set out to discover some of the area’s famed speakeasies. Tucked behind unmarked doors, these hidden venues take ‘cool’ to another level.
And let’s not forget the many music venues offering something Broadway cannot: the unexpected moment when a local artist fills a small room with something unforgettable, or a world-class performer drops by for a session. In the summer of 2025, Taylor Swift performed a surprise acoustic rendition of “Shake It Off” at the Brooklyn Bowl. And at the considerably more intimate venue, The 5 Spot, Lady Gaga launched her Bud Light x Bar Tour to promote her album, Joanne.
Noa Nashville: A Step Above
Between the legendary energy of Music City and the restorative calm of a luxury retreat, Noa Nashville offers harmony, elegance, and the vacation you deserve. Here, the city's best is just outside your door, and your sanctuary is a welcome counterpoint.
Discover Noa Nashville and book your escape today.
