With some awesome road trip options available in the surrounding area, renting a car makes good sense. Without one, it wouldn’t be half as easy to enjoy everything that Kaluga, 20 miles away, has to offer. Among your first few stops here ought to be Kaluga XXI Century, Tsiolkovsky State Museum of Cosmonautics History and Tsiolkovsky Memorial House Museum. Serpukhov is another popular destination. It’s 55 miles away and boasts a range of fascinating things to do. Serpukhov Music and Drama Theatre, Vysotsky Monastery and Church of All Saints are only the start.