Hello! Husband and I leave for 9 days in Paris and we're going to purcase the Carte d'Orange (the one week pass) for the metro.

I understand a small photo is required. Must it be a passport photo/on photographic paper? I think I read somewhere that I can simply print out a color photo from a printer on regular paper and use this, as long as it's the correct size...can anyone confirm?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Hm, I would definitly use a *real* photo, but most Métro stations have teeny booths where you can get 4 passport-type pictures for four euros (must be in coins). If you have passport photos, just trim them to the correct size before you put them on the card.

Happy travels!

It's also acceptable to cut up any old photo so long as it contains a headshot.

FYI, it's simply the orange card (Carte Orange), not carte d'orange. I believe I've read the official "rules" and they say it must be a real photo. I wouldn't fool with that myself, trying to get one without a photo, but I don't really know if they generally allow that and it will be fine. I just read the RATP rules somewhere. Why don't you want to take a real photo? They aren't that expensive.

No, it does not have to be a passport photo per se, if you mean the same one you have in your passport. But that size is about right and works. I've used an extra copy of a passport photo once, and another time I got one in a photo booth in one of the metro/RER stations.

I have used just a head shot from my digital camera that I printed out on photo paper and cut to size. I wouldn't know if they'd accept one printed on plain paper, but if you don't have a printer or photo paper it's easy enough to print one at any drug store or Wal-Mart..or just use the photo booths at the metro stations.

Any photo should do as long as it's a front-facing passport-type shot. The size of the photo required is smaller than your passport, though... looks about 2/3rds of the size... maybe smaller.

The photo booths cost 4 euros minimum for one set of photos (so 8 for both you and your husband), so I'd recommend taking photos at home if you can.