With some terrific day trip options available in the surrounding area, renting a car makes good sense. Without one, it’d be much more difficult to enjoy everything that Klin, 50 miles away, has to offer. Tchaikovsky House Museum, Arkady Gaidar House Museum and Klin Podvorye, Christmas Tree Ornament Exhibit alone make the drive out worthwhile. The locals will also likely point you toward Sergiyev Posad, 50 miles away. If you only have time for one thing here, let it be Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius. (But we’d also highly recommend Refectory Church of St Sergius and Gefsimansky Chernigovsky Skit.)