4 nights holiday in Paris, France – £174 pp (flights and accommodation)

It does not matter the dazzling name, this imposing medi fortress was an infamous place of detention and a court (from 1793 to 1795) during the French Revolution.Here, prisoners, including Marie-Antoinette and Robespierre, were kept in wet cells while waiting for their fate. It is a remnant of Palais from Cité, the royal residence of the kings of France in the 13th and 14th centuries, until the residence moved to Louvru.During the restoration (the return to the throne of the Borboni monarchs), the concience was no longer used as prison, and Maria-Antoinette's cell was transformed into a commemorative chapel.Marie-Antoinette.In this prohibition room, the convicted prisoners were handed over to the horse. In an exceptional view of the neo -Gothic facade of the building, sit on the opposite side of the Sena river, on the quai from Mégisserie.From this distance, with the three round towers and with the Tour of L 'Horloge (clock tower), the fortress resembles a fairy tale castle rather than a penitentiary.It is possible to purchase a combined entrance ticket for Concierie and Sainte-Chapelle.