Private Tour Guides and Local Insiders in Bangkok

Passionate about this sprawling cosmopolitan city, we know Bangkok down to its finest details — as few do — and offer you a genuine immersion. Guided by your interests, we connect everyone with Bangkok’s cultural heritage and hidden gems, aligning our passion with our mission: to craft unforgettable cultural moments that will stay with you for a lifetime. Let us rock you all around Bangkok and its glorious history since 1767, the year Ayutthaya fell to the Burmese army.

Eric Monteil

Eric is French entrepreneur, based in Bangkok since 2011, Founder of Rock Around Bangkok, also Managing director, Local insider, Art curator, Cultural experience designer, Photographer, and Content provider.

After travelling for seven months on a motorcycle through Southeast Asia in 2010, covering over 22,000 km and six countries (Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Indonesia, and Burma), Eric Monteil relocated from Paris to Bangkok in 2011.

Initially involved in the arts and crafts sector, he launched the Rock Around Asia Art Gallery in 2012 at the Novotel Suvarnabhumi Airport Hotel. This was followed by the establishment of Art Consulting Asia in 2017, a full-service interior decoration and home staging studio specialising in art, design, and aesthetics.

More recently, he founded Rock Around Bangkok, an innovative cultural agency that designs and delivers immersive, off-the-beaten-path cultural experiences, including private guided tours, team-building activities, and museum-based games—all aimed at connecting individuals and businesses with Bangkok’s cultural heritage and hidden gems.

Eric Monteil — Founder of Rock/Around/Bangkok

Eric is not only a passionate local insider but also a true Bangkokian—an adopted son of the city who has chronicled its rich 300-year history. He studied physics and chemistry in Paris and holds an Executive MBA. He began his career at L'Oréal before moving into the leisure aviation sector, and later into the IT and software industry. In 2006, he co-founded GutemberPresse, which was acquired by the Canadian firm CEDEROM SNI (now Cision) in early 2010. Eric has a passion for motorbikes and is also a certified instructor in hang-gliding, paragliding, ultralight aviation, and paramotoring.