With some awesome road trip options in the surrounding area, renting a car makes good sense. Without one, it wouldn’t be half as easy to experience everything that Sergiyev Posad, 45 miles away, has to offer. Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius ought to be high up on your list here. Refectory Church of St Sergius and Gefsimansky Chernigovsky Skit are fantastic attractions too. The locals will also probably point you in the direction of Tver, 60 miles away. If you only have time for one thing here, make sure it’s Mikhail Krug Monument. (But we’re also huge fans of Tver City Park and Museum of Tver Life.)