Around Santiniketan

Ballavpur Wildlife Sanctuary

Known locally as the Deer Park: spotted deer, blackbuck and birds among sal and akashmoni trees, close to the hotel.

Sonajhuri Haat

The weekend craft market under the sonajhuri trees at Khoai, with Baul singers, kantha stitch, dokra and local food.

Visva-Bharati & Upasana Griha

Rabindranath Tagore's university, with its open-air classrooms and the glass prayer hall.

Rabindra Bhavana Museum

Tagore's manuscripts, paintings and personal belongings, and the Uttarayan complex of houses he lived in.

Amar Kutir

A cooperative of leather, batik and kantha craft by the Kopai river.

Kankalitala

One of the 51 Shakti Peethas, on the bank of the Kopai.