Weekend getaways from Moscow by car: 12 ideas for two days
Saturday-and-Sunday trips 60–380 km from Moscow: what to see, where to stay at a campsite and how far it is. Built from CAMPLY sights and campsites, not from someone else's lists.
Weekend getaways from Moscow by car: 12 two-day trips 60–380 km from the city. Each has its main sights close together, the straight-line distance from the city and a campsite within 30 km for the night. Sights are picked by the CAMPLY attractions ranking, campsites by ratings; the planner turns any idea into a day-by-day route.
- Updated 15 October
- 60–380 km from Moscow
Within 150 km
Doable as a day trip, no overnight stop needed.
Sergiyev Posad
Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius
69 km from MoscowNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the mapPhoto: Александр Гришин · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Obninsk
Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant
100 km from MoscowStay: Borovsk Siti CampsitePhoto: A.Savin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Pereslavl-Zalessky
Pleshcheyevo Lake · Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral in Pereslavl-Zalessky · Nikitsky Monastery (Pereslavl-Zalessky)
134 km from MoscowStay: YazyovkaPhoto: Игорь Шелапутин · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
150–300 km
With an overnight stop: the nearby campsite is on each card.
Tula
Yasnaya Polyana · Tula Kremlin
187 km from MoscowNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the map
Vladimir
Church of the Intercession on the Nerl · Dormition Cathedral · Sungir · Cathedral of Saint Demetrius · and 3 more
190 km from MoscowStay: Suzdalskiy Campsite
Kozelsk
Optina Pustyn · Shamordino Convent
221 km from MoscowStay: Turstoyanka Chyortovo Ancient settlementPhoto: Svklimkin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Шаховское
Kulikovo Field
248 km from MoscowStay: FamilyGlamp Kulikovo polePhoto: Шелковников Евгений Анатольевич · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Yaroslavl
Tolga monastery · Church of Elijah the Prophet in Yaroslavl · Cathedral of the Dormition · Savior Transfiguration Monastery
255 km from MoscowStay: Yaroslav KempPhoto: Alexxx1979 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Rybinsk
Mologa · Rybinsk Reservoir
276 km from MoscowNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the mapPhoto: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain · source
300–400 km
Leave on Friday evening or early on Saturday.
Solnechny
Seliger · Stolobny Island
321 km from MoscowStay: Glemping "Shiksha"Photo: Kastey · Public domain · source
Diveyevo
Serafimo-Diveyevsky Monastery · Sarov Monastery
364 km from MoscowNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the mapPhoto: Alexxx1979 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Smolensk
Gnezdovo · Assumption Cathedral in Smolensk · Smolensk Kremlin
379 km from MoscowStay: TeleshiPhoto: Алена Хрычева · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
What every idea has
What to see
Places from the attractions ranking, not a random list: the main one comes first.
Where to stay
The best-rated campsite within 30 km; tent pitches and rest areas are on the map.
How far
Distance from the city centre; the planner works out the road and driving time.
Plan the route
The planner turns an idea into a day-by-day route with overnight stops that you can edit and save.