With some great road trip options available in the surrounding area, renting a car makes sense. Without one, it’d be much harder to explore everything that Kaluga, 30 miles away, has to offer. Among the first stops you make here ought to be Kaluga XXI Century, Tsiolkovsky State Museum of Cosmonautics History and Tsiolkovsky Memorial House Museum. Located 30 miles away, Serpukhov is another popular tourist destination. If you drop by, make sure you check out Serpukhov Music and Drama Theatre, Vysotsky Monastery and Church of All Saints.