With some awesome day trip options in the surrounding area, having your own car makes sense. Without one, it wouldn’t be half as easy to soak up all that Serpukhov, 50 miles away, has to offer. Among the first stops you make here should be Serpukhov Music and Drama Theatre, Vysotsky Monastery and Church of All Saints. The locals are also likely to point you toward Chekhov, 60 miles away. If you can only find time for one thing here, make sure it’s Museum in Memory of 1941-1945. (But we’re also big fans of Lopasnya Zachatyevskoye Manor House and Museum and Chekhov Town Theater.)