A fall in fortune in the 14th century has had its payoff for Provins in the 21st century. Hundreds of years of obscurity meant that this one-time capital of the Counts of Champagne is today one of the France’s best-preserved medieval towns, earning UNESCO World Heritage listing in 2001. 
As a day trip, it’s hard to beat – just 80 minutes by train from Paris, with a multitude of sights to visit, including evening spectaculars that plunge the visitor back into the Middle Ages. The town is the upper part, capped by the 12th-century Saint-Quiriace Collegiate Church and Caesar’s Tower and ringed partially by 5km of towering ramparts. Trains run hourly from Paris Est.
On Saturday afternoons, partake in an medieval lunch feast ( recreating a meal of those times) inside 12th Century Vaulted Cellar and to make it even more fun, rent a costume at the lunch event. 
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