With some great road trip options available in the surrounding area, renting a car makes good sense. Without one, it’d be much harder to enjoy all that Cheboksary, 25 miles away, has to offer. Monument of Mother, Chuvash National Museum and Museum of V.I. Chapaev alone justify the drive out here. Located 60 miles away, Yoshkar-Ola is another popular tourist destination. If you swing by, don’t miss Museum of the History of the Gulag, Sapaev Mari State Opera and Ballet Theatre and Mari El National Shketan Drama Theater.