With some great road trip options available in the surrounding area, renting a car makes sense. Without one, it’d be much more difficult to explore all that Sergiyev Posad, 20 miles away, has to offer. Among your first few stops here ought to be Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, Refectory Church of St Sergius and Gefsimansky Chernigovsky Skit. The locals will also probably point you in the direction of Klin, 40 miles away. If you can only see one attraction here, make sure it’s Tchaikovsky House Museum. (But we’d also highly recommend Arkady Gaidar House Museum and Klin Podvorye, Christmas Tree Ornament Exhibit.)