Introduction to Michoacán - the soul of Mexico
Michoacán is unique and one-of-a-kind, the perfect fusion of Natural Beauty, Picturesque Towns, Art and Culture. To travel to Michoacán is to take a trip through the extraordinary history, culture and folklore of México. To journey to Michoacán is to discover and learn what is the soul of México.
read moreAlfredo Zalce--Michoacán's living legend
Alfredo Zalce, at age 94, is the elder of Mexico's last living renowned, great revolutionary muralists.
He was born in Patzcuaro, in the state of Michoacan, on January 12, 1908. During his early year...
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Morelia: cultural world heritage
The Spanish Virrey Don Antonio de Mendoza founded the city of Morelia back in 1541, calling it "Valladolid" after the city of the same name in Spain.
In tribute to the national hero Don Jose Maria Mor...
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Playa Azul & Caleta de Campos
In a country filled with wonderful beaches and resorts, what could possibly prompt someone to visit Playa Azul?
Perhaps because it's there - representing the only sizeable beach town along the 250km o...
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Morelia: land of adventures for children
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Morelia is a colonial city, capital of the Mexican state of Michoacan, which is well-known for its maje...
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The artesanias of Michoacan - an introduction
A guide to the highways and byways of Michoacan's handcraft routes, through the highways and byways of the Soul of Mexico.
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Peace and beauty - roaming the hills around Morelia
Roberto, one of my Mexican neighbors once asked if he could hike with me. He had heard rumors that I roamed the hills around Morelia. I, of course, said: "Yes." It is good to have company when you hike...
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Guide to alternative tourism in Michoacán
Special to Mexico Connect from Secretaría de Turismo de Michoacán.
Introduction
Michoacán is recognized in México for its perfect combination of colors and flavors, the melancholy and joy of its ...
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The state of Michoacán, Mexico - resource page
Michoacán - the soul of Mexico
The state of Michoacán is an uncommon place. From the sugar cane fields of Los Reyes, the avocados, coffee, and macadamia nuts of Uruapan, the melon fields of Apatzing...
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Songs about Michoacán
Caminos de Michoacan
(an old ranchera song)
Composer: Bulmaro Bermúde
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Cariñito donde te hallas
Con quién te andarás paseando
Presiento qu...
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The Meseta Purepecha
This guide takes you through the highways and backroads of Michoacán, where time seems to have stopped amid the jewels of colonial architecture and life in the Meseta Purépecha. Michoacán is history, culture, tradition, customs, fairs, fiestas, dances, music, arts and crafts, cuisine, architecture, archaeology, and diverse natural beauty. The Meseta Purépecha is the best example of what makes up Michoacán, and that's why Michoacán is the soul of Mexico.
read moreComparing memories - tall buildings, Janitzio and a hamburger.
I was 9 years old the first time I visited Morelia, in 1973. I was living with my family in Xicotepec, a small town in the north of the State of Puebla. We spent our summer vacation that year with my g...
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Mexican pigeons do not fly in a straight line!
It all started when I took Molly to one of the downtown parks here in Morelia, a park crammed with pretty flowers, spraying fountains and Jacarandas in full bloom. We soon found ourselves enjoying a qu...
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Molly's tamales!
"Morelia is a taco town", Molly remarked over morning coffee a few months ago. I didn't say anything because I knew her remark wasn't meant to be critical. It's just that after living in Morelia for a ...
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Honor, vengeance and machismo
Bitter are the fruits they eat in Michoacán, black oval fruits the size of an olive, borne in the summer on the capelin tree. Bitter is the story told to me in a mountain pueblo in the northeast corne...
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Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico
Fridays are Indian market days in the fountain-centered Plaza Gertrudis Bocanegra, one of three main squares in Pátzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico. Walkways around the fountain are lined with stalls of good...
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Michoacán's rural education
Michoacán Index
Gracias y Credits
The State:
State Map
Introduction to Michoacán
The Meseta Purepecha - Exploring Michoacán
Alternative Tourism in Michoac...
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"El fantasma de Coalcoman"
Para Julie Black © 1999 Todos Derechos Reservados.
No me considero de esas personas muy místicas y psíquicas, bien versada en la jerga de lo sobrenatural. Pero tampoco soy escéptica. Solo puedo ac...
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The ghost of Coalcoman
By Julie Black © 1999 All Rights Reserved.
I'm not what you would consider one of those mystical psychic types, well versed in the mumbo jumbo of the supernatural. But I'm not a skeptic, either. All ...
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The passion of Christ in Ixtapalapa, a Mexico City neighborhood
The first traces of an awakening sun touch the morning horizon, brushing aside the night's long shadows. On the streets of Ixtapalapa, a working class neighborhood 30 minutes by cab from the center of ...
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Traveling to Mexico with children
My son had a month of low-cost, high-quality art instruction, and a ton of fun
Travel to Mexico with your children? Give yourself some kudos just for considering it! If the cost is daunting - Mexico m...
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Western Mexico: A Traveller's Treasury by Tony Burton
This useful volume is back in a new and updated edition and it’s still as essential as ever. Whether you’re making a brief visit as a tourist, or escaping the northern winter for a few months or checking out the area more extensively as a place to spend one’s retirement years, this is one item you should have in your survival kit. It’s a nice blend of guidebook, travelogue and history text with lots of local color and some ecological notes sprinkled throughout.
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Journey to Patamban, Michoacan
The Fiesta de Cristo Rey has become as famous as many of the Day of the Dead rites in other communities around Mexico. It's the peak of the flower growing season in Michoacán and the residents not only gather the flowers to decorate the streets but they also paint the streets with incredible and startling floral designs.
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Why are there so few ex-pats living in Morelia?
It’s a surprise to visit a likeable, livable city like Morelia for the first time and find there’s almost no gringo community there. In fact, one resident put the number at 100 to 150 total. And only a handful of those are the retirees who are so prevelant in Jalisco. Most Americans, for example, are associated with the university in Morelia, as both teachers and students.
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