By Soller Shirley Yes, different rules do apply ‘Queuing in Spain looks different. Instead of standing around uncomfortably in a line shuffling forward every few minutes like robots, in Spain you simply ask who the last person was to enter the establishment, then sit back and relax. When that person has been served, you know…
It’s time to harvest the olives… Soller Oil is a unique product. Grown where the land receives no watering except that which comes from the sky. The roots search for water and spread as wide as is possible. The nutrients gathered by the rooting process produces an olive unlike any other. Commercial olive farms with…
Soller is not a village or town it is a CITY A straw poll of Soller visitors and residents were asked this week what they knew about the status of Soller. Is it a town , village or even a City? The answer to this like so many of Soller’s questions can be found in…
Hidden behind the mountains of the Tramuntana and at the end of the tunnel lies our City. Soller, the gateway to the Hidden Valley in all it’s beauty. Not everyone is a fan, indeed many find the parochial charms very limiting. Phrases like ‘you can’t live on scenery alone’ are to be heard and also the…
To everything there is a season in Soller… Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 25th October 2016 Photographs by Rachel Fox The closed signs are being polished and fixed to the door of the first hotels to close their doors for the season. The early closers have the builders poised ready to rush…
The busy January world of Soller Published in the Majorca Daily BulletinTuesday 20th January 2015Photgraphs by Rachel Fox The people of Soller reclaim their City in January. They are glad to share their fiestas with visitors but essentially it is the the locals time to celebrate the fiestas of the Church calendar that have been with…
The Chinese whispers of Soller Published in the Majorca Daily bulletin Tuesday 13th January 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox This is the time that the rumour mill of the Soller Valley begins the whispers or in some cases the shouts. The list of hotels and their winter spend has been published and all can…
Polish the pistons and tune the carburetors in SollerPublished in the Majorca Daily bulletinTuesday 7th October 2014Photograph by RACHEL FOX The mountains of Soller have been overwhelmed this weekend and the race was on. ‘The Pujada of the Puig Mayor’ happens every year in October and this weekend they celebrated their 35th anniversary. This is…
Soller people come out to play Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 18th November 2014 Photographs by RACHEL FOX Mid November is an odd time in the Hidden Valley calendar. It’s when people we haven’t seen for months start to emerge and be part of café society. They are the hotel and restaurant workers…
The Soller Football Club is 91 years old this year – its birthday is on August 24th. The stadium was built in the centre of the City about 5 minutes walk from the square. Of course when it was built it was on the outskirts of the City but these days the urban sprawl has caught…
