With some terrific day trip options in the surrounding area, renting a car makes good sense. Without one, it’d be much more difficult to experience all that Serpukhov, 30 miles away, has to offer. Among your first few stops here ought to be Serpukhov Music and Drama Theatre, Vysotsky Monastery and Church of All Saints. The locals will also probably point you in the direction of Kaluga, 30 miles away. If you only have time for one thing here, let it be Kaluga XXI Century. (But we’d also recommend Tsiolkovsky State Museum of Cosmonautics History and Tsiolkovsky Memorial House Museum.)