With some awesome day trip options in the surrounding area, renting a car makes sense. Without one, it’d be much harder to explore everything that Chekhov, 45 miles away, has to offer. Among your first stops here ought to be Museum in Memory of 1941-1945, Lopasnya Zachatyevskoye Manor House and Museum and Chekhov Town Theater. The locals will also probably point you in the direction of Serpukhov, 50 miles away. If you can only see one attraction here, let it be Serpukhov Music and Drama Theatre. (But we’re also big fans of Vysotsky Monastery and Church of All Saints.)