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"Before I started this website, the only Second Life hotel I’d really heard of was the Essencia, which did a good job of simulating a four-five star city hotel in RL. With the hotel having been around now for four years, owner Sérgio Franchinni has revamped and relaunched it.  It’s been moved to a new region, and all the public areas and rooms have been given a complete makeover." Read more on the blog.

"In earlier reviews I said that some SL Resorts are a little bit like those Chinese theme parks, where bits and pieces of a country or continent are thrown together.  Sometimes it works in SL.  Sometimes it doesn’t." Read more on the blog.

"In the before times, I spent a lot of time in the Middle East, both for work and on vacation. Now, with the pandemic making travel largely impossible, I'd been actively looking for a Middle East themed holiday and resort experience in Second Life.  Unfortunately the one I'd previously found didn't work for me." Read more on the blog.

"The Cupid Motel is part of the larger Starry Meadows development, a really attractive beach town that’s in turn part of the Dream, Art Fashion community." Read more on the blog.

"The Copperfield Estate and Winery is somewhere I'd put into the category of - great destination, not so great accommodation. The estate consists of a huge vineyard and wine RP experience developed by people who obviously really, really love wine.  Within the estate there's also a guesthouse with ten rooms and a standalone guest villa, which can be rented." Read more on the blog.

"Recently Aria and myself were talking about the many beach themed hotels and resorts that are opening, and Aria remarked that SL is missing a good tropical themed hotel or resort. As a result, It was good to come across the new Caroni Bird Sanctuary and Guesthouse." Read more on the blog.

"Recently Aria and I had been talking about the glut of tropical / beach themed resorts in Second Life, and the need for something a bit different. Cue the opening of Carmel Bay, which is most definitely not a beach place.  Instead, owned by Damon and Artie Jackman, Carmel Bay is a Yosemite Valley themed town and National Park with a mix of accommodation to rent on a nightly basis." Read more on the blog.

"Canary Islands SL is one of a series of new beach resorts that have opened up in time for the Northern Hemisphere summer." Read more on the blog.

"Setting up a resort in the middle of a group of other sims can be challenging.  Why should people stay with you when they can travel to these other places anyway and tp home within seconds? One of SL's newest resorts, the Bonaire YanuYanu,  passes that question with flying colours in that it really works with and integrates its surroundings." Read more on the blog.

"As the name suggests, Beaute de Bordeaux is inspired by the region around the city of Bordeaux in SW France. This new development from Tonal Studios consists of two regions, a town area (‘Bordeaux’), and a village / countryside area ." Read more on the blog.

"Badu Egypt is the latest creation from AshaRia, who has a track record of running pop-up resorts and destinations that stay up for a few weeks, before being taken down again. Badu Egypt however is different in that Asha intends to keep it up for longer, turning it into a self service vacation rental place from April." Read more on the blog.

"In this review, Aria and I went to stay at AshaRhia’s latest destination experience - Badu Angola and the neighboring Badu Congo." Read more on the blog.

"The Azulor is a brand new "galactic underwater resort", which as the name suggests mixes a space and aquatic theme.  It's a closed sim, meaning that entry is for group members only, with you getting your membership on check-in.  Bookings are done via the website." Read more on the blog.

"The Aurora Ski Retreat is a Canadian style winter resort, run by the same team behind the beach themed Oasis.  I booked both together, and my partner Muti and myself visited on consecutive weekends." Read more on the blog.

"Atlantis Pemba is one of several new SL beach resorts that have opened to coincide with the Northern Hemisphere Summer." Read more on the blog.

"Rating - Highly Recommended - Editor’s note - This guest review comes from Camille (Muti) Milos.  As regular readers will know, Muti is my partner and travel companion, and so on this visit I played tourist while she did the review." Read more on the blog.

"Ana’s Lake Motel 68 is on a nature themed sim, which also has trailers available to rent for anyone wanting to stay longer. Like most Motels, it’s free.  However, unlike most other Motels, there’s actually quite a lot to do here." Read more on the blog.

"Alpha Beach is a new Balinese themed beach development from the team behind Bali Virtual. As the name suggests, it's a beach island, with standard SL beach activities. There are also a number of cabins to rent." Read more on the blog.

"After we’d had an initial look around the new  Adventure Isles Resort Aria mentioned that it reminded her of a kind of theme park hotel that you might find at Universal World, Florida.  That is probably what the owners are aiming for. This is a place focused on RP activities, and is very suited for groups. We went to say for three days and this is our review." Read more on the blog.

"I've now visited a Touch of Scotland four times, and each time I like it and discover more.  And as Christina has now added rentable couple's tents (at 50L), it's now somewhere I can review." Read more on the blog.

"8Capilion is a new Philippines-themed tropical resort, with an attractive beach area, an infinity pool which claims to be one of the biggest in SL, and a large amusement arcade." Read more on the blog.

"Rizzi on the Beach owner and creator Lana Milos has added a second property to her hotel portfolio. In the process, she has created something pretty unique." Read more on the blog.

"Over the past two months, Aria has been spending a lot of time remodelling the Jane Austen themed Pemberley. The amount of work she put in really shows in the amazing end result." Read more on the blog.

"The No Excuses! sim includes a Motel, with some basic but still pretty good free rooms.  No Excuses! as a whole is definitely worth exploring. Calling itself a "rustic evergreen-topped mountainous coastal retreat", it's beautifully put together and includes a beach, roller coaster and mountain caves, among other things." Read more on the blog.

"I’ve now stayed in close to 50 Second Life hotels and resorts, something to the best of my knowledge no one has ever tried to do before.  At the same time, this website has had over 25,000 page views since January, about 10x more than I thought it would get when I started writing at the end of last year! With me taking a July break from doing reviews, I thought this was a good time to highlight my ten favourites so far." Read more on the blog.