The Belle Meade Belt: A Nashville Mansion Driving Tour

What you get

• 15 stops, led by celebrity homes and hotspots.
• Homes tied to Ronnie Milsap, Minnie Pearl, Dennis Quaid, Amy Grant and Vince Gill, Taylor Swift, Kix Brooks and Sheryl Crow.
• The researched story behind every stop, read in the stop sheet.
• The real address of every stop once unlocked. It prints on the stop's card and on the List screen.
• Tour Mode. Nav hands each stop to your own maps app, one at a time.

The stops

How a self-guided drive works

1. 01Open the guide. The stop carousel starts in Browse mode, so swipe the stops or tap a pin. If you refresh mid-tour, Tour Mode picks up where you left off.
2. 02Tap Start Tour. On a guide you own, the cards switch to Tour Mode and each card carries Info and Nav. Info opens the stop's story.
3. 03Tap Nav. Your own maps app takes over: Apple Maps on iPhone, your maps app on Android, Google Maps on desktop. One stop at a time, with no in-app turn-by-turn, route or arrival time.
4. 04Move on. A stop counts as visited once you tap Nav on it and then move past it. On the last stop the button reads Completed Tour, which ends Tour Mode and returns you to Guides.

Who it is for

Anyone with a car, a free afternoon and an interest in how Nashville's money lives. The loop runs through Belle Meade, Forest Hills and Bancroft Place, with 12 South, The Bluebird Cafe and Green Hills Mall on the list for a stop between houses.

You set the pace. The guide sets the route.

Who makes these guides

Aleks Drogobetski

Aleks Drogobetski runs Velvet Ropes and is the first-named inventor on US patent 9,430,498, a method for generating a digital celebrity map tour guide. Every new address on Velvet Ropes is checked against county property records before it publishes, with deed filings and permit history when those records are unclear.

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Questions

• What happens after I buy?

  The guide is yours. Every stop's address unlocks on its card and on the List screen, and Start Tour takes the place of the Unlock button.

• Do I have to go in order?

  No. The stops are numbered for a sensible drive, but you can start anywhere and skip what you like.

• What if I can't finish in one visit?

  Nothing expires. You own the guide, so come back next week or next year.

• Is there a live guide?

  No. This is a self-guided drive. Your phone carries the stories and your own maps app gives the directions.

• What if I want a refund?

  The refund terms are at the foot of this page, below the price.

Price and refund

One purchase, $14.99, yours forever. Every address unlocks at once and nothing expires. If the guide is not what you expected, the return policy below explains what we can do.