With some terrific day trip options available in the surrounding area, having your own car makes sense. Without one, it wouldn’t be half as easy to soak up all that Ulyanovsk, 16 miles away, has to offer. Lenin Memorial Museum ought to be at the top of your list here. Nebolshoy Theater for Young People and Park of Nation’s Friendship are interesting attractions too. The locals are also likely to point you toward Tolyatti, 60 miles away. If you only have time for one thing here, let it be Museum of Historical and Cultural Heritage of Tolyatti. (But we’re also huge fans of Church of Saint Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow and Youth Theater Vokzal.)