No 11 on the Times Newspapers list of 50 best hotels in the Med 2015 Set within a classical 100 year-old mansion house designed by one of Gaudi’s protégés, L’Avenida is in the centre of beautiful Soller, two minutes from the bustling town square, yet surrounded by the towering peaks of the Tramuntana mountains. L’Avenida…
The Giovanni world of the Soller Valley By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Sunday 20th March 2016 Giovanni is a very familiar name to ice cream lovers. The wonderful swirls of artistically arranged ice creams look and taste the same from wherever you buy them, the design is the trademark. Giovanni was…
The Monastery of the Capelleta Santa MariaD’Olivar 28th June 2014 This is the week of discovery of this place accessed from the main road between Soller and Lluch. The sign to the right on the road says ‘Santa Maria D’Olivar’ and a cobbled road leads to a most unlikely car park. An ecclesiastical building with…
POPE TO CANONISE FATHER JUNIPERO SERRA OF MAJORCA Juniper Serra was born on November 24th 1713 and named Miguel Jose Serra in Petra in Mallorca.. He became a priest of Mallorca and progressed to the role of Philosophy Professor and distinguished preacher at the Convent of San Francisco in Palma. At the age of 36…
The BANK HOLIDAYS of Soller – unravelled The list has been published for the Bank Holidays for Spain for 2015 which I will print here. This is not the whole picture because in addition to these dates there are the Balearic Bank Holidays – which I will also list. To round it all off there…
Islamic AlmallutxIn the very heart of the Tramuntana Mountains, more specifically at the Gorg Blau reservoir (Escorca), one cansee some of the oldest religious remains on Mallorca:The Talayotic shrines of AlmallutxThe Archaeologists held a meeting in Soller on 10th July 2014 and some of the findings were displayed. Have a look at the great poster of the meeting.It…
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 prawns and lottery winners are in the newsPhotograph by RACHEL FOX Does the name Yotam Otolenghi mean anything to you? If you are a serious foodie and read his columns in the Guardian it will. Famous for restaurants all over London and cook books which are at the top of everyone’s Christmas list. In…
HOLY WEEK – AS IT UNFOLDS By Debra Reynolds Holy Thursday – The Holy Mass of the Lord’s Supper followed by a procession Thursday 2nd April – The Holy Mass of the Lord’s Supper takes place at 7.00 p.m. in the Parròquia de Sant Bartomeu in the square in Soller. This is followed by a…
Mountain culture in the Soller Valley Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 13th December 2016 Written by Shirley Roberts Photographs by Rachel Fox International Mountain Day was celebrated on Sunday 11thDecember and was a reminder that Sollerics are mountain people. The United Nations decided in 2003 that 11thDecember should be the special day to…
