ricardo Coarasa

Ricardo Coarasa is one of the Founders of Travel to the past. Journalist with archaeologist vocation, A detective in history, An Ethiopia dream counter to Mexico.

178 articles

The mills: the weight of the stars

I do not know how much they weigh the stars, but tonight I thought we were falling all over. It could not be that heaven soportase together without falling apart so violently upon us. Anytime, there was no doubt, They start to rush.

byRicardo Coarasa

17 March, 2016

Ghent: forbidden to flee before nightfall

Ghent's main merit, that the traveler perceives as soon as he accumulates a few hours of walking on his feet, is to have overcome the temptation to become absorbed in its rich medieval past, languishing petrified in the meanders of its history.

byRicardo Coarasa

23 February, 2016

Lier: the secret of Flanders

Anyone who comes here to walk its cobbled streets soon receive sensitivity of a municipality that has the heroes not politicians or generals, but to a watchmaker, poet, a painter and a blacksmith.

byRicardo Coarasa

5 February, 2016

Navigating the Bosphorus: Istanbul at the gates of Black Sea

Trace the Bosphorus to the Black Sea is browse history. De Eminönü, next to the Galata Bridge and close to the unmistakable New Mosque, departs daily ferry that makes the crossing to Anadolu Kavagi.

byRicardo Coarasa

29 January, 2016

Bruges: the medieval fascination of flamenco Venice

Bruges is a city used to looking in the mirror. Otherwise it is unthinkable that it has been able to preserve intact that medieval beauty that made it one of the nerve centers of commerce in old Europe..

byRicardo Coarasa

22 January, 2016

Flanders to Brussels: the route of Emperor Charles

Adorning facades of historic buildings, chiselled spectacular fireplaces, rooted in popular celebrations, admirable and portrayed in stained glass, even, brands of beer. Belgium has not forgotten Carlos V.

byRicardo Coarasa

15 January, 2016

Big Island: jam on the island without cars

An idyllic car-free island in the Marmara Sea that, throughout history, it has been the refuge of princes who have come to fewer and millionaires with no more homeland than money. Prohibited to use any motorized means. Can only be traveled by carriage, bicycle or on foot. It sounded so good you had to get close.

byRicardo Coarasa

27 November, 2015

1944 Collarada 2015

"Excursion to Collarada". Thus had my father headed, in 1944, a sheet that now seemed unable to resist a puff: that of his ascent to Collarada from Villanúa, one of the highest slopes in the Pyrenees. I had been around my head for a long time to try to emulate him. Seventy one years later, the time had come.

byRicardo Coarasa

13 November, 2015

Cofete: the most spectacular beach of the Canary Islands

Twelve kilometers of sandy unspoiled beach Cofete, protected by a succession of mountains that seem to rise tonne soot, contrasts with the vast expanse of sand saffron separating it from the Atlantic.

byRicardo Coarasa

6 November, 2015

Saragossa, door to door

Zaragoza is a city overshadowed by topics and an icon, the pillar, which historically has postponed, a visitor's eyes, the rest of the city. Let's look for Zaragoza in its ancient walls and, especially, in their missing doors.

byRicardo Coarasa

9 Oct., 2015

Lecherines Cave: in search of ice

There is something special about going in search of the ice while Spain melts. There are fewer and fewer snow fields that resist the summer season in the Pyrenees, but, And the ice? To find it you have to enter the bowels of the mountain range.

byRicardo Coarasa

18 September, 2015

Lisbon: the city of shadows

The city of light seduced me especially in the dark, when the evening sun languished between the enigmatic horizon of the Cais de Colunas or slowly melted through the peeling walls of Alfama.

byRicardo Coarasa

14 August, 2015

Guisando Bulls: come in without calling

As i was seeing them, in the millenary weather between the ancient borders of the two Castiles, the image of the jihadist barbarians smashing the Assyrian sculptures in Mosul came to mind.

byRicardo Coarasa

27 July, 2015

Merida: blessed romans

The overwhelming history of Mérida comes to you as soon as you set foot in the amphitheater, an ellipsis of ancient stones that is a nod to the glorious past of Augusta Emerita, the former capital of the westernmost province of the Roman Empire.

byRicardo Coarasa

15 July, 2015

A skeptic in front of the tomb of Cervantes

During three days, the nuns opened their doors for the solace of the curious, credulous and skeptical eager to pay literary homage to don Miguel, Whether or not its remains are what shelter that niche. Did I claim a certificate of authenticity when I walked through the snow in the Prague cemetery on my way to Kafka's grave??

byRicardo Coarasa

19 June, 2015

Loarre: a castle in the Kingdom of Heaven

There are places where you belong without having to frequent them. I belong to Loarre, where my paternal grandfather was born, and I am very proud of that affiliation. I have been several times, not many, Maybe because I've always felt it so close that there was no need.

byRicardo Coarasa

29 May, 2015

Medellín: Is there the baptismal font of Hernán Cortés?

The church of San Martín, where Hernán Cortés was baptized, it is closed to the public. It ceased to be a place of worship more than a century ago and that liturgical abandonment took its toll on the temple. Anyway, the pile where the conqueror of Mexico received the waters of baptism cannot be seen.

byRicardo Coarasa

22 May, 2015

Trujillo: memory of bold men

He unfolded the map on the counter with the same reluctance that a electricity bill deserves. Then he mechanically indicated with circles the places that I should not miss.. There was not an iota of passion in his words.

byRicardo Coarasa

1 May, 2015

alaska in spanish

A good number of place names in Spanish still survive in Alaska today., the northernmost in the world in our language. It is the trace of the Spanish naval expeditions to the northwestern coasts of America at the end of the 18th century..

byRicardo Coarasa

27 March, 2015

Baltic waters

I liked to go up on deck to watch the bow break the cold waters of the Baltic as if the gigantic ferry took little effort.. that simple. It was cold and the wind shook you in unexpected jolts as if putting you to the test.

byRicardo Coarasa

20 March, 2015

Landscapes of Uganda

In the shadow of two giants like Kenya and Tanzania safaris, Uganda is a diamond before which, however, Many travelers spend long. Beyond the amazing wildlife that shares with its neighbors in East Africa, Uganda is sublimated by its landscapes bathed in water.

byRicardo Coarasa

11 March, 2015

Hernán Cortés exhibition in Madrid (II)

It is a first step to restore wise to Hernán Cortés in History, but misses an opportunity to tell the fascinating adventure of the conquest of Mexico. It seems that he has organized in a low voice so as not to hurt susceptibilities.

byRicardo Coarasa

20 February, 2015

Hernán Cortés: a conqueror without statue (In)

She starred in one of the greatest feats of all time, the conquest of the Aztec empire, dwarfing the boldest adventure film. But, however, the gates of glory are closed to him.

byRicardo Coarasa

6 February, 2015

The most beautiful way of Guadarrama

Forest beauty is overwhelming, as intense as the immense blanket of virgin snow. You can almost hear the verses of Machado. "It's you, Guadarrama, old friend, gray and white Sierre, saw my afternoons in Madrid, I saw the blue painted?”

byRicardo Coarasa

30 January, 2015

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