 Belle Meade Plantation - Reviews from across the web
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it was not great but not bad - user review
My wife and I went to the Plantation last week on Friday 5-18 and we were not impressed. The house is not in great shape, our tour guide was pretty much horrible, and not much original...
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Beautiful Old South Mansion - user review
Belle Meade is a lovely old house with a fascinating history which should interest horse enthusiasts, civil war buffs and anyone who enjoyed Gone With the Wind. The stories of the Harding ...
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Very disappointing... - user review
We were so excited to visit Belle Meade. My friend is a huge horse lover, and knows a lot about the history of the horses there. We got on the last tour, and checked out the gift shop, ...
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enjoyable and very informative - user review
i'm not a horse racing fan and am clueless about horses but decided to visit belle meade for it's history. the property is beautiful and very well kept and i did learn a bit about hor...
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A very thorough tour - user review
The guides are incredibly knowledgeable about the plantation. There is a lot of info and a lot of rooms to go through. It is one of the few home tours I've been on where you actually...
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I visited Belle Meade in May 2007.The grounds are beautiful. We were there on a nice day, and the mansion and the rest of the grounds looked great!We went in the middle of the day...
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Worth a visit - user review
We just returned from a long weekend in the Nashville area and we enjoyed an afternoon visit to Belle Meade Plantation. The guides were friendly and knowledgeable. They answered all of t...
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Belle Meade is a wonderful place to visit. I highly recommend anyone traveling near Nashville to stop and take a tour. It's well worth going out of your way for. Just learning the hist...
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Interesting HIstory for Thoroughbred horse lovers - user review
The plantation tour was nice, the most interesting part being the history of the early thoroughbred horses and the slave horse trainer that brought Belle Meade its fame, and who?�s des...
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A Beautiful Plantation Home - user review
Our guide was very knowledgable and friendly. It was disappointing not to be able to take pictures in the house, but there were plenty of grounds in which to take pictures. There are seve...
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Belle Meade Plantation | Museum/Attraction Review | Nashville | Frommers.com - expert review
Belle Meade was built in 1853 after this plantation had become famous as a stud farm that produced some of the best racehorses in the South. Today, the Greek Revival mansion is the centerpiece of the affluent Belle Meade region of Na...
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Belle Meade Plantation - Nashville - Reviews of Belle Meade Plantation - TripAdvisor
We just returned from a long weekend in the Nashville area and we enjoyed an afternoon visit to Belle Meade Plantation. The guides were friendly and knowledgeable. They answered all of the questions that our group threw at them. The home and furnishings, expecially the photos of the plantations' his...
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Belle Meade Plantation - Nashville.com
Harding was very wealthy, very pro-secession and donated $500,000 to the Southern cause. When the Federals occupied Nashville in February 1862, Harding was arrested and sent north to be imprisoned in Fort Mackinac, Michigan. His wife, Elizabeth McGavock, was left to tend the plantation. In September...
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Belle Meade Plantation | Historical Landmark | Things To Do in Nashville, Tennessee | Travel | Disney Family.com
Touring this gorgeous antebellum plantation will thrill teens who are fans of Gone With the Wind or who have studied the Civil War. The daily lives of the Harding family, including President William Harding, are brought vividly to life by costumed guides. But the hour-long tour will bore kids younge...
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Belle Meade Plantation
Belle Meade Plantation is a 30 acre historic site 6 miles west of Nashville. The centerpiece of the property is the Belle Meade mansion built in 1853. This Greek revival house was home to five generations of the Harding-Jackson family, original owners of the Belle Meade Farm. In the late 19th centur...
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Belle Meade Plantation - Nashville TN
Once a world renowned Thoroughbred horse breeding farm, Belle Meade Plantation today is a 30 acre historic site that features daily tours, which are conducted by period costumed interpreters, of the 1853 Greek Revival Mansion. You've heard of Seabiscuit, Secretariat, Smarty Jones and Giacomo! Come v...
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Belle Meade Plantation - Nashville, TN, 37205 - Citysearch
I was quite impressed at the variety of things to see at Belle Meade Plantation. It is not just a house museum but an entire plantation experience where you get to see how the family started out, original buildings that survived the civil war and they even had a special event going on when we were t...
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Belle Meade Plantation in Nashville, TN
Also on the farm is a thoroughbred nursery which has trained champion horses for the Kentucky Derby. Past champions have inclueded not only Funny Cide and Barbarro, but even Seabisc...
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Belle Meade Plantation, Nashville - IgoUgo Reviews
If you are a fan of thoroughbred racing, then you must visit Belle Meade Plantation. What began as just a boarding stable for the likes of Andrew Jackson became the premier stud farm in the U.S. by the late 19th century. The original plantation was 5400 acres and encompassed the entire city of what ...
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Belle Meade Plantation Review | Nashville | Fodor's Travel Guides
Known as the queen of the Tennessee plantations, this stunning Greek Revival house is recognizable by the Civil War bullet holes that riddle its columns. Guides in period costumes lead you through the mansion, which is furnished antebellum style. The mansion is the centerpiece of a 5,300-acre estate...
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