Whilst in Paris/France - carrying ID

[ojread2]

or anywhere in France, what are the rules on carrying ID around with you?

I ask because I have never come across or been told that I must carry photo ID with me at all times until yesterday whilst reading another site. It said you must carry your passport with you (as a tourist) at all times.

There were a couple of stories one of which was quite scary, where the guy had been threatened with the police by a museum guard! if he didn't produce his passport and now!

I;m not sure I want to carry my passport around with me but I would carry my driving licence

[delboy3]

The last time I was in Paris, in 1996, I was told by a native that I must carry my passport outdoors in case I got stopped by the gendarme; if I didn't have one, they could arrest me for vagrancy. I assume that any formal I.D. would do 'cos I didn't have a photo driving licence at the time (did they exist in the UK then?). Better safe than sorry.

[ojread2]

Cheers Delboy

I kinda thought better safe etc, and I do usually carry my passport with me TBH as we stay in a caravan and they are pretty easy to break into I imagine.

Will carry it just in case
ojx

[Buenchico]

This might be of interest:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_identity_ cards_by_country#France

Chris

[ojread2]

Interesting Chris

I'll make sure I have more than �15 in my pocket so as not to get arrested for being a vagabond lol

ojx

[hundreddolla]

The 15 Euros "vagrancy" law is an urban myth. However, you are legally required to carry a photo ID with you at all times.

Not that i EVER do though!