With some great day trip options available in the surrounding area, renting a car makes good sense. Without one, it wouldn’t be half as easy to experience everything that Pyatigorsk, 35 miles away, has to offer. See the best sights beginning with Lermontov State Museum, Drinking Gallery and Proval Park. Locals are also likely to point you in the direction of Yessentuki, 40 miles away. If you can only find time for one thing here, make sure it’s Concert Hall Chaliapin. (But we’re also big fans of Yessentuki City History Museum and Park Pobedy.)