Weekend getaways from Samara by car: 12 ideas for two days
Saturday-and-Sunday trips 60–400 km from Samara: 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 Samara by car: 12 two-day trips 60–400 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
- 60–400 km from Samara
Within 150 km
Doable as a day trip, no overnight stop needed.
150–300 km
With an overnight stop: the nearby campsite is on each card.
Ulyanovsk
President Bridge · Ulyanovsk Aircraft Museum · Simbirsk Chuvash teacher's school
169 km from SamaraNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the mapPhoto: Razumhak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Билярск
Bilär
199 km from SamaraNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the map
Balakovo
Saratov Hydroelectric Station · Saratov Reservoir
203 km from SamaraNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the map
Bolgar
Bolghar Gord
210 km from SamaraStay: Palatochnyy gorodokPhoto: Indeikin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Kazan
Qazan Kremlin · Palace of Agriculturalists · Temple of All Religions · Kazansky Bogoroditsky Monastery · and 15 more
296 km from SamaraStay: Sviyaga GlempPhoto: Fendes · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Kandry
Lake Kandrykul
297 km from SamaraNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the mapPhoto: Рамазанов Тимур · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
300–400 km
Leave on Friday evening or early on Saturday.
Местечко Раифа
Raifsky Bogoroditsky Monastery · Sviyaga · Sviyazhsk Assumption Monastery · Sviyazhsk History and Architectural Museum · and 1 more
314 km from SamaraStay: Sviyaga Glemp
Купоярово
Asylykul
320 km from SamaraNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the mapPhoto: я · Public domain · source
Saratov
Saratov Bridge · Ukek · New Saratov Bridge · Radishchev Art Museum · and 2 more
331 km from SamaraStay: Detskiy ozdorovitelnyy lager «Lesnaya respublika»Photo: Vyacheslav Bukharov · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Сотнур
Sea Eye Lake · Mariy Chodra National Park · Pugachov's Oak
341 km from SamaraNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the mapPhoto: Smolin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Sterlitamak
Trataw mountain · Shihan · Shakhtau
400 km from SamaraNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the mapPhoto: Эвричка · 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.