Weekend getaways from Nizhny Novgorod by car: 12 ideas for two days
Saturday-and-Sunday trips 150–400 km from Nizhny Novgorod: 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 Nizhny Novgorod by car: 12 two-day trips 150–400 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
- 150–400 km from Nizhny Novgorod
150–300 km
With an overnight stop: the nearby campsite is on each card.

Diveyevo
Serafimo-Diveyevsky Monastery · Sarov Monastery
151 km from Nizhny NovgorodNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the mapPhoto: Alexxx1979 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Vladimir
Church of the Intercession on the Nerl · Dormition Cathedral · Sungir · Cathedral of Saint Demetrius · and 3 more
213 km from Nizhny NovgorodStay: Suzdalskiy Campsite
Suzdal
Monastery of Saint Euthymius · Church of Boris and Gleb · Cathedral of the Nativity in Suzdal · Suzdal Kremlin
220 km from Nizhny NovgorodStay: Suzdalskiy CampsitePhoto: Ludvig14 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Rostov Veliky
Nero · Rostov kremlin · Spaso-Yakovlevsky Monastery · Sarskoye Gorodishche
294 km from Nizhny NovgorodStay: Lake NeroPhoto: Ulaisaeva · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Yaroslavl
Tolga monastery · Church of Elijah the Prophet in Yaroslavl · Cathedral of the Dormition · Savior Transfiguration Monastery · and 4 more
295 km from Nizhny NovgorodStay: Yaroslav KempPhoto: Alexxx1979 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Местечко Раифа
Raifsky Bogoroditsky Monastery · Sviyaga · Sviyazhsk Assumption Monastery · Sviyazhsk History and Architectural Museum
297 km from Nizhny NovgorodStay: Sviyaga Glemp
300–400 km
Leave on Friday evening or early on Saturday.

Kazan
Qazan Kremlin · Palace of Agriculturalists · Temple of All Religions · Kazansky Bogoroditsky Monastery · and 8 more
322 km from Nizhny NovgorodStay: Sviyaga GlempPhoto: Fendes · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Pereslavl-Zalessky
Pleshcheyevo Lake · Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral in Pereslavl-Zalessky · Nikitsky Monastery (Pereslavl-Zalessky) · Goritsky Monastery · and 2 more
324 km from Nizhny NovgorodStay: YazyovkaPhoto: Игорь Шелапутин · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Sergiyev Posad
Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius · Abramtsevo
362 km from Nizhny NovgorodNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the mapPhoto: Александр Гришин · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Lyubertsy
Ugresha Monastery · Bolshiye Gorki
391 km from Nizhny NovgorodStay: OkhranaPhoto: Dengerouzz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Rybinsk
Mologa
394 km from Nizhny NovgorodNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the mapPhoto: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain · source

Moscow
Exhibition of achievements of national economy · Worker and Kolkhoz Woman · Palace of Kuskovo · Vvedenskoye Cemetery · and 1 more
399 km from Nizhny NovgorodStay: SokolnikiPhoto: Alexxx1979 · 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.