With some terrific day trip options in the surrounding area, having your own car makes good sense. Without one, it’d be much harder to enjoy everything that Kaluga, 25 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. Don’t skip Tula either! Just 60 miles away, Tula Kremlin, Tula Museum of Samovars and Yasnaya Polyana Museum-Estate of Leo Tolstoy are non-negotiable stops here.