Rabindranath Tagore's famed address is India’s newest UNESCO World Heritage site. The ashram built by Tagore’s father, Debendranath “Maharshi” Tagore, Santiniketan was later developed into the Viswa Bharati university by the Nobel laureate. The campus is open for visitors, as are the library and museum at Bichitra, one of the many houses in the town that has Tagore's manuscripts, title deeds, letters, pictures and paintings. Winter is the best time to visit this charming town’s quiet bookstores, cafés, bazaars and forests.