With some terrific day trip options available in the surrounding area, having your own car makes good sense. Without one, it’d be much more difficult to enjoy everything that Kostroma, 35 miles away, has to offer. See the sights beginning with Fire Tower, Ivan Susanin Monument and Kostroma Regional Planetarium. The locals will also probably point you toward Ivanovo, 35 miles away. If you only see one attraction here, let it be Arcady Severny Monument. (But we’d also highly recommend Ivanovsky Museum of Printed Cotton and Palekh Art Museum Gallery.)