Our expert storytellers are inspiring and captivating personalities. The Journeys crafted by Secret Journeys are as unique as the guests that seek them. Each one is created as a personalized experience, designed and led by the people who have made Paris their life's work and have fascinating stories to tell.
Alan Riding
Alan was the Paris bureau chief for The New York Times and then its European arts correspondent.
Benoît Quémar
Benoît is a food aficionado, consultant and journalist who loves sharing his passion for royal history.
Catherine Monroy
Catherine is a French author and journalist who has been a correspondent for Le Monde in Prague and for Le Figaro in Budapest.
Charlotte de Charentenay
With a History of Art degree from the famous École du Louvre, Charlotte shares the secret side of the Palais-Royal and Gustave Moreau Museum.
Elaine Sciolino
Elaine is a contributing writer for The New York Times and the author of "The Seine: The River That Made Paris."
Emmanuelle Vaczlavik
Emmanuelle is one of the few experts of the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte.
Gina Rarick
Gina trains racing thoroughbreds in Maisons-Laffitte after a career in journalism with the International Herald Tribune.
Ingrid Held
Ingrid began her career as an actress and later graduated from the esteemed Ecole du Louvre et de la Sorbonne.
Jean-Jacques Serres
Jean-Jacques is the expert you want to go backstage with at the Paris Opera House
Laurence Debart-Johner
Laurence is passionate about Montmartre and knows intimately the story behind its vineyard "Le Clos Montmartre."
Lily Heise
Lily is a Canadian journalist and writer, living in Paris and expert on all things romantic in the city of light and love.
Martine Anstett
A former journalist covering ballet, Martine is today the specialist of the art of "dressage" taking place at the Royal Stables of Versailles.
Sophia Zaïme
Sophia is a wine expert and the founder of Madame Wine.
Susan Hermann Loomis
Susan is an internationally-recognized expert on food and an award-winning journalist/author.
Thierry Secretan
Thierry is a photojournalist and author whose work appeared on the BBC, Canal+ and 60 minutes.
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