With some terrific road trip options available in the surrounding area, having your own car makes good sense. Without one, it’d be much more difficult to soak up everything that Cheboksary, 30 miles away, has to offer. Monument of Mother, Chuvash National Museum and Museum of V.I. Chapaev alone make the drive out worth it. Locals will also probably point you in the direction of Kazan, 55 miles away. If you only have time for one thing here, make sure it’s Kazan Kremlin. (But we’d also recommend Kazan Arena and Kul Sharif Mosque.)