ricardo Coarasa

Ricardo Coarasa es uno de los fundadores de Viajes al Pasado. Periodista con vocación de arqueólogo, un detective de la Historia, un contador de sueños de Etiopía a México.

178 articles

Avila: legendary walls, Stone Pages

From the Teso del Carmen, north of the canvas walls of Ávila looks rough, meadows of childhood escapades and hiking trails in autumn. The meticulous restoration work has been polished to the stone, now leans too slender, too perfect.

byRicardo Coarasa

19 April, 2025

90 minutes with "the violinist from Auschwitz"

The life of Jaques Stroumsa, The refined note of a horror melody

byRicardo Coarasa

27 January, 2025

Lhatse: a violinist in the trash

In travel, as in life, you can see the glass half full or half empty. Landscapes abominable redeemed by a look, idyllic sunsets besieged by mosquitoes, exciting adventures that end in a gazebo with poolside snack bar ... Is in our hands, almost always, select and reset other memories. Lhatse, poblachón a Tibetan, greets us with heaps of rubbish. But, from that huge amount of filth, comes an unforgettable violinist. By Ricardo COARASA.

byRicardo Coarasa

18 December, 2024

Shiraz, the triumph of spring

Recognized for its open and university spirit, this city in southwestern Iran is full of flowers and poetry

byRicardo Coarasa

21 April, 2022

Guimaraes: journey into the bowels of Portugal

If you only have one day my advice is to start at the castle to continue to fall after the hill toward the palace of the Dukes of Braganza and the old town, leaving the end Mount Penha.

byRicardo Coarasa

16 February, 2022

On the death of Javier Reverte

Until his last day, has been faithful to his unwavering commitment to pursue his dreams. A hard-earned task that defines you more than any other

byRicardo Coarasa

7 November, 2020

Hong Kong: the routine of the convulsive days

The former colony a truce between given week in protests against China, that they have scared away tourism and have made the city a trail of painted protest, even in Spanish

byRicardo Coarasa

13 September, 2019

In a strange land

Ways to travel

The motivations for travel are endless. We travel behind landscapes, of people, of cities or in the wake of a childhood dream or a literary scene. We travel, also, for the sheer pleasure of escape routine. And you, Why do you travel?

byRicardo Coarasa

22 Oct., 2018

Andenes: looking for whales in the Arctic

From the Norwegian town of Andenes, in the archipelago of Vesteralen, north of the Arctic Circle, boats depart each day follow the trail of the great cetaceans

byRicardo Coarasa

28 September, 2017

Pico de la Miel: a photo story

The pictures, sometimes, you flee, but sometimes you stumble upon them accidentally as in the most unexpected moment. That's what happened to us that cold March morning in the Madrid Sierra de la Cabrera.

byRicardo Coarasa

8 August, 2017

Anie: Pyramid Circus Lescun

Our destination is the Anie (2.504 meters), a pyramid of rock unmistakable landscape of the French Pyrenean region, but the first figure that draws our attention is the hegemonic presence of the peak Billare.

byRicardo Coarasa

13 July, 2017

Twenty streets to enjoy Stockholm on foot

The first thing I did nothing more than set foot in Stockholm, after 18 hours I got on a ferry from Helsinki, It was walking. There we were dragging suitcases up Stadsgardshamnen, savoring the pleasant feeling of knowing a stranger, flirting with the bewilderment of groping a city to discover.

byRicardo Coarasa

15 April, 2017

The Ten Commandments of tourists in Africa

Travelling to Africa for the first time is not easy. Some are tempted to rush out and tumble as myths and darken the horizons idyllic. But those who resist that fleeting impulse remain forever tainted by the evil of Africa, that passion for the continent, stripped of prejudice, it forces you to return again and again and, the most daring, to stay.

byRicardo Coarasa

3 April, 2017

Mesola: the gift of the Holy Innocents

It was the third time in the last six months I was heading towards the same hill, but circumstances, in any case, They were very different. This time it was the day of the Holy Innocents and had already begun the winter.

byRicardo Coarasa

25 January, 2017

Ephesus: Duel in the Sun with history

Hell was hot and there was a shadow in hundreds of meters around. We were helpless against the overwhelming story of Ephesus, Walking on the Aegean between the ruins of what was one of the main ports of Antiquity.

byRicardo Coarasa

28 November, 2016

Fremont Street: the old heart of las vegas

In a country with such a brief history behind it, the 111 fremont street years is an eternity. The Las Vegas Pleistocene is, therefore, Fremont Street, where Las Vegas was Las Vegas for the first time.

byRicardo Coarasa

2 November, 2016

Lello: the ex most beautiful bookstore in the world

Instead of a bookstore, I came across a theme park, a crowded museum where patrons struggle, as in any tourist claim, before for a photograph than for a book

byRicardo Coarasa

21 Oct., 2016

Coimbra: the pyramid of knowledge

There are cities in which one has no doubt where to start. Coimbra is one of them. Its renowned university, elevated on a hill next to the Mondego River, permeates the Portuguese city with knowledge since medieval times.

byRicardo Coarasa

24 September, 2016

Mesa de los Tres Reyes: solitude above the clouds

Hearing his name on my curiosity immediately spread the charm of medieval times. They say that up there the kings of Aragon met, Navarre and the French viscount of Béarn to settle their border cuitas.

byRicardo Coarasa

16 September, 2016

Spain
Europe

Mountain races, but not cleaning

I have nothing against racing mountain. It is a way of loving nature far removed from mine, but also respectable. Yes I have a lot against, however, of those who do not respect the mountain or get dirty with impunity.

byRicardo Coarasa

2 August, 2016

In debt to Mechelen

We only had two hours to explore the Flemish city of 300 protected monuments. Maybe that's why, Mechelen greeted us with rain. We deserved it, certainly.

byRicardo Coarasa

15 July, 2016

Munich: rogue soul wanted

Munich has a Cartesian order that makes it very comfortable for the visitor. It is brotherly, open, delicious for a walk and offers a lot of good beer, but one imagines living here and almost who would end up missing that rogue and nightlife profile without which a city always ends up consuming you in its perfection.

byRicardo Coarasa

27 May, 2016

Snowshoeing in the moonlight

If at the time when many put pajamas are getting dressed in ski clothes it is that something extraordinary will happen. And what better from Maundy Thursday evening to the mountain to walk with snowshoes under the full moon?

byRicardo Coarasa

15 April, 2016

The carrerita Medellin

Virgin is directed towards the image of Jesus in a hurry, with the exultation of one who is reunited with her son three days after his death. It is the popular "Carrerita" Medellin, a tradition that will be repeated next Sunday in the village that gave birth to Hernán Cortés.

byRicardo Coarasa

21 March, 2016

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