With some awesome road trip options available in the surrounding area, having your own car makes sense. Without one, it wouldn’t be half as easy to explore everything that Pyatigorsk, 16 miles away, has to offer. Explore the area starting with Lermontov State Museum, Drinking Gallery and Proval Park. The locals are also likely to point you in the direction of Yessentuki, 18 miles away. If you only have time for one attraction here, make sure it’s Concert Hall Chaliapin. (But we’re also huge fans of Yessentuki City History Museum and Park Pobedy.)