With some great road trip options in the surrounding area, having your own car makes sense. Without one, it’d be much more difficult to enjoy everything that Kaluga, 19 miles away, has to offer. Kaluga XXI Century, Tsiolkovsky State Museum of Cosmonautics History and Tsiolkovsky Memorial House Museum alone make the drive out worth it. Tula is another popular destination. It’s 60 miles away and home to tons of interesting things to do. Tula Kremlin, Tula Museum of Samovars and Yasnaya Polyana Museum-Estate of Leo Tolstoy are only the start.