With some terrific day trip options in the surrounding area, renting a car makes sense. Without one, it’d be much harder to enjoy everything that Cheboksary, 16 miles away, has to offer. Monument of Mother ought to be high up on your list here. Chuvash National Museum and Museum of V.I. Chapaev are interesting attractions too. Don’t miss Yoshkar-Ola either! Just 60 miles away, Museum of the History of the Gulag, Sapaev Mari State Opera and Ballet Theatre and Mari El National Shketan Drama Theater are essential stops here.