HOLY WEEK – AS IT UNFOLDS Written by Debra Reynolds Our Religious Affairs Correspondent Saturday 26th March – Holy Saturday Holy Saturday is the final day of Lent, Holy Week and the Easter Triduum. As on the Friday, there is no Mass offered on this day. The Easter Vigil Mass, which takes place after sundown…
Route that runs between Sóller and Fornalutx. This route traverses the most famous villages of the valley of Sóller that are enveloped by beautiful spaces for growing oranges and olives. Text excursion: Jaume Deia http://www.senderosdemallorca.com/ Contacts Type of trip: Hiking Location: North West of Mallorca Nearest Town: Sóller – Fornalutx (Sóller) Degree of difficulty: Low Total distance: 7,810 km Total duration: 4 hours and…
An interesting perspective taken from Majorca Magazinby Gabriele Kunz Photograph from Ultima Hora Smugglers have the flair of romanticism. The best example of this is the opera “Carmen”. Smugglers stripes – supposedly – through the mountains, crossing borders, disregard the current rules, all have freedom in the world. How much of the smuggling – at…
THE EASTER EXPERIENCE OF THE SOLLER VALLEY Easter week, Semana Santa or Pascua as it is known is a very important time in Soller. The town divides up into Fraternities – groups of people attached to a local church who have an affinity to a particular group of penitents. The penitents dress in the robes…
In the 19th Century the Port of Soller had a large fleet of Sailing Ships transporting goods to the East Coast of Spain and the South Coast of France. The advent of the ‘Steamers’ (steam boats) in the second half of the 19th century brought the sailing vessels to an end. The Soller shipping lanes…
EL TREN DE SOLLERHERE COMES THE TRAIN(reproduced from the Majorca Daily Bulletin – Wednesday 25th June 2014)‘El Tren de Soller’ is the title of the FIRST EVER MUSICAL ABOUT MAJORCA for a global audience. The Isla Theatre Project may only be a year old but it already ‘cutting edge’. The world premiere of ‘El Tren…
Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin – Tuesday 25th March 2014 Surrounded by oranges in all their manifestations we are almost blasé about picking one off the tree for a snack. Taking pictures of orange trees in snow or sun is a real pleasure and we have a range of super shots to brighten our…
Maria and Bodil 2020 My story today begins in Denmark in 1950 with a man who was a revolutionary in so many ways. Elif Krogager was a man of the cloth – a Pastor, a resistance fighter and an entrepreneur. His work with the Danish people after the war made him realise that they were…
This is what we do… Sollerweb was born 18 months ago and the roller coaster of events has been so breathtaking that sometimes we have to force ourselves to stop and take stock. Tracey Ivell, web designer of this parish bought the web name ‘Sollerweb’ in 2007 and knew one day when she would use…
The Soller Valley welcomes autumn Today is the first day of the autumn season which will last for 88 days before giving way to winter on 21st December 2014. Autumn has started with welcome rain and a reshuffle of the hot humid weather of late. The walkers and cyclists arrived as usual in early September…