Dolly Parton unveils favorite Nashville destinations amid new travel stop partnership

The queen of state euphony is bringing her marque of Southern hospitality to Tennessee highways — making the travel to Nashville consciousness arsenic memorable and amusive arsenic the destination itself.

Dolly Parton precocious announced the roll-out of Dolly’s Tennessean Travel Stops. The rest-stop areas volition diagnostic caller and reimagined amusement elements.

"I person spent the bulk of my life on the road, and much specifically connected a bus," said Parton successful a release.

Parton has partnered with the Tennessean Travel Stop marque to relaunch their flagship halt successful Cornersville, Tennessee, with further locations to beryllium announced successful 2026. 

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Parton precocious discussed her favourite spot successful Music City successful an interrogation with Airmail. 

In a motion to her ain philharmonic talents and career, she mentioned the Grand Ole Opry. 

Country prima Dolly Parton has shared her favourite Nashville spots, including the Grand Ole Opry, Tootsie's Orchid Lounge and the pedestrian bridge. (Dolly Parton/X)

George D. Hay is credited with founding the philharmonic treasure, having started vigor presumption WSM — which went unrecorded for the archetypal clip successful Oct. 1925. The program, primitively called "WSM's Barn Dance," besides launched astatine that time.

The salient announcer and programme manager launched the amusement with Uncle Jimmy Thompson, a 77-year-old fiddle player. 

The sanction of the now-iconic marque — which includes a program, a unrecorded show and a determination — came from Hay successful a burst of inspiration. 

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The Opry grew truthful fashionable that the broadcast was moved to the Ryman Auditorium successful downtown Nashville successful 1943. 

The Opry past built its ain theatre and country-music campus, Opryland, successful 1974, astir 10 miles eastbound of the metropolis center. 

Parton told Airmail she was connected signifier astatine the Ryman Auditorium successful 1969 erstwhile she was inducted into the Opry.

The Opry present has a seating capableness of astir 4,400, with implicit 30 sections. Dolly Parton is shown performing above.  (Tony R. Phipps/Getty Images)

"Since then, I’ve performed galore times astatine the Ryman, whether it beryllium for tv specials oregon for my ain concerts," said Parton.

Home to state legends and rising stars, the Opry contiguous has a seating capableness of astir 4,400, with implicit 30 sections.

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"When I celebrated my 50th twelvemonth arsenic a subordinate of the Opry successful 2019, we filmed the tv peculiar connected that magical stage," Parton said.

The Opry is the longest-running vigor broadcast connected the planet, according to Guinness World Records.

Parton has partnered with the Tennessean Travel Stop marque to relaunch their flagship halt successful Cornersville, Tennessee, with further locations to beryllium announced adjacent year. (iStock)

Nearby Ryman is Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge, a legendary honky-tonk barroom successful downtown Nashville.

The lounge has been a launching pad and clubhouse for galore state artists.

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"When I moved to Nashville, it was known that if you couldn’t find idiosyncratic backstage, determination was a bully accidental they were astatine the barroom astatine Tootsie’s," said Parton. 

"Years back, galore of the large Opry performers and I filmed a conception determination for my assortment series, ‘Dolly.’"

Parton mentioned Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge, a legendary honky-tonk barroom successful downtown Nashville.  (Getty Images)

For Nashville visitors who privation to get their steps in, Parton besides mentioned the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge.

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"When they added the beauteous pedestrian span years back, it connected East Nashville to Downtown," said Parton. 

"I filmed the euphony video for my azygous ‘Together You & I’ connected this span successful 2011."

For Nashville visitors who privation to get their steps in, Parton besides mentioned the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge arsenic a favourite spot of hers. (Katherine Bomboy/NBC via Getty Images)

The truss span stretches 0.59 miles. 

It spans the Cumberland River, showing disconnected the beauteous Nashville skyline, according to Greenways for Nashville.

Fox News Digital reached retired to Dolly Parton's squad for further comment.