With some great day trip options in the surrounding area, having your own car makes good sense. Without one, it’d be much harder to experience all that Kaluga, 16 miles away, has to offer. See the sights beginning with Kaluga XXI Century, Tsiolkovsky State Museum of Cosmonautics History and Tsiolkovsky Memorial House Museum. Don’t forget about Serpukhov either! Just 55 miles away, Serpukhov Music and Drama Theatre, Vysotsky Monastery and Church of All Saints are must-sees here.