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 all that Kaluga, 30 miles away, has to offer. Among your first stops here should be Kaluga XXI Century, Tsiolkovsky State Museum of Cosmonautics History and Tsiolkovsky Memorial House Museum. Serpukhov is another terrific option. It’s 40 miles away and offers a variety of fun things to do. Serpukhov Music and Drama Theatre, Vysotsky Monastery and Church of All Saints are only the start.