Sound tourism

[Trevor]

Open the average travel guide and you'll read descriptions of
beautiful vistas and iconic architecture to look at. But what about
wonderful sounds or striking acoustics? There are plenty of tourist
sites where what you hear is essential to the experience. I have
established a website, www.sonicwonders.org, which is an on-line guide
to sonic tourism - a 'rough guide' to sound.

Three examples of places that are included:

* Whispering Gallery, St Paul`s Cathedral, London
* El Castillo, Chichen Itza, Mexico (strange echo effects)
* Booming Sand Dunes (various Worldwide locations)

Hopefully you'll find the website interesting. I'm really interested
in hearing about new places to include on the site.

Trevor Cox
Professor of Acoustic Engineering
University of Salford

[Ethan Winer]

I have > established a website,www.sonicwonders.org

Very cool Trevor!

(Note that the link has extra stuff at the front that needs to be
trimmed off.)

--Ethan

[Tony]

I have > established a website,www.sonicwonders.org

An obvious suggestion is the ancient Greek theatre at Epidavros (Epidaurus)
in the southern Peleponnese. The guides will tell you that there is
something magic about the acoustics, and demonstrate that you can clearly
hear a coin dropped in the centre of the "orchestra" (stage) in the back
row. Personally I don't find this particularly amazing. However if you
stand in the coin-dropping spot and clap your hands, the flutter echo from
the tiered rows of seats is quite impressive.
--
Tony Woolf
www.tonywoolf.co.uk
My e-mail address has no hyphen
- but please don't use it, reply to the group.

[Trevor]

Post by Tony

I have > established a website,www.sonicwonders.org

An obvious suggestion is the ancient Greek theatre at Epidavros (Epidaurus)
in the southern Peleponnese.  The guides will tell you that there is
something magic about the acoustics, and demonstrate that you can clearly
hear a coin dropped in the centre of the "orchestra" (stage) in the back
row.  Personally I don't find this particularly amazing.  However if you
stand in the coin-dropping spot and clap your hands, the flutter echo from
the tiered rows of seats is quite impressive.
--
Tony Woolfwww.tonywoolf.co.uk
My e-mail address has no hyphen
- but please don't use it, reply to the group.

Thanks for the suggestion, keep them coming. You can also just add
ideas on the site http://www.sonicwonders.org/?page_id=6

Just added an amazing Sea Organ in Croatia on the site

Trevor