With some great road trip options in the surrounding area, renting a car makes sense. Without one, it wouldn’t be half as easy to experience all that Kaluga, 20 miles away, has to offer. Kaluga XXI Century ought to be at the top of your to-do list here. Tsiolkovsky State Museum of Cosmonautics History and Tsiolkovsky Memorial House Museum are interesting attractions too. Don’t miss Serpukhov either! Just 40 miles away, Serpukhov Music and Drama Theatre, Vysotsky Monastery and Church of All Saints are essential stops here.