A Tour of Tours Eiffels

The Eiffel Tower in all of its structural and architectural beauty has to be one of the RL constructions most frequently recreated in Second Life. A new one in the recently opened Paris New York sim is the best one, hands down, for its sheer beauty, its faithfulness to detail and its usefulness.

I already knew about the Paris 1900 Eiffel (a sim dedicated to the Paris of 1900, with recreations of the Metro and the Moulin Rouge, although technically, the tower straddles the Paris 1900 and Tour Eiffel sims) and the New Paris Eiffel, which will always be my sentimental favorite. It got me wondering how many more Eiffels are lurking throughout SL, so I searched and came up with nine. But that includes a Resident named Eiffel Tower, who doesn’t appear to be active anymore. So, here’s your eight-Eiffel tour itinerary (Champagne included!):

Paris New York Eiffel Tower

1. Paris New York Built by Maximilian Legend to scale. 324 meters high. It has a reception hall, wedding chapel and  honeymoon retreat available for rental, and teleporters to move you around it. Visit the surrounding stores and boutiques, too.

New Paris Eiffel

2. New Paris (SLURL puts you in the Crow’s Nest on the tower). Built by MadameG Zagato, 160 meters. A more stylized representation. Beware getting stuck in the hollow central structure. Look for multiple kiss poses on both the first floor and Crow’s Nest level, and get your free Champagne for the rest of the tour. The sim is worth cruising around while you’re there — the Umpire furniture store has great things.

3. Tour Eiffel/Paris 1900. Use the teleporters to move to the first and second floors. At the top, grab a free parachute and jump off the catwalk. Or, just jump and fly down without it. This is SL … we don’t need no stinkin’ parachutes!

4.Yeolmae Eiffel Tower has a Crepe a Croissant next to it, apparently a UK-based quick-serve restaurant franchise. The site also has several 2/20 camp spots, which seems kinda chincey for an apparent corporate sim. Make one of the a crepemaker, not just a floor scrubber!

5. Czechoslovakia3 Built by Smrtak Svoboda, it has a Czechoslovakian theme, teleporters to other parts and some curious freebies at the base.

6.Orange Paradise This is the most curious-looking Eiffel of the bunch, as if builder Andreas Negules had stuffed it down in the sand.

7. Skegemog Built by Mark Rebus on top of his shop. SLURL will drop you in the store; walk outside and fly up to see it.

Sacre Bleu Eiffel

8. Sacre Bleu Built in 2006 by Delerium Hannibal for his SL/RL partner Emma LaFollette’s birthday. Nearby is an Arc d’Triomphe replica and the couple’s jewelry store. Also a good construction and faithful replica. Uses mini poofing Eiffels to TP between floors.