The best part about renting a car is that you can travel anywhere, anytime. Make full use of your freedom by exploring all there is on offer in Cheboksary. It’s just 18 miles away. Soak up the sights starting with Monument of Mother, Chuvash National Museum and Museum of V.I. Chapaev. The locals will also likely point you in the direction of Yoshkar-Ola, 60 miles away. If you can only find time for one thing here, let it be Museum of the History of the Gulag. (But we’d also highly recommend Sapaev Mari State Opera and Ballet Theatre and Mari El National Shketan Drama Theater.)