The Sleep Inn & Suites Smyrna Tennessee hotel is just 24 miles from Belle Meade Plantation, the Queen of Tennessee plantations. Rebel forces skirmished in the front yard of this 1853 Greek Revival mansion; it's massive stone columns were riddled with bullets, the evidence still visible today. In the years after the Civil War, Belle Meade's reputation as a first-class breeding establishment attracted buyers from around the world for the annual yearling sales.
Today, guided tours of the mansion, grounds and colossal Carriage House are conducted by guides in period costume. A visit to the museum shop and on-site restaurant complete your journey through history on a true Southern plantation.
Daily Tours
Monday-Saturday: 9am - 5pm (first tour at 9:30am, last tour at 4pm)
Sunday: 11am - 5pm (first tour at 11:30am, last tour at 4pm)(Closed Thanksgiving day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.)
Telephone:
800-270-3991 Directions from Smyrna Nashville Sleep Inn & Suites:
- Take a left out of the Smyrna Sleep Inn and Suites parking lot and proceed Northwest on Highwood Blvd.
- At the stop sign, turn right.
- Turn right at the next intersection onto Sam Ridley Pkwy East.
- Sam Ridley Parkway East becomes TN-266 East.
- Merge onto I-24 West via the ramp on the left.
- Merge onto I-440 via Exit 53 toward Memphis.
- Exit
West on Westend Avenue (Hwy 70S).
- Westend Avenue becomes Harding Road.
- End at Belle Meade Plantation,
5025 Harding Road
Nashville, TN 37205
Total Est. Time: 29 minutes Total Est. Distance: 24.03 miles
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