Juan March Hospital in Caubet
By Shirley Roberts with reference to Diario de Mallorca The Joan March hospital is the building in the high distance seen from the Soller Road. It is often called ‘Caubet’ Continue Reading
Keep connected with the jungle drums of the Soller Valley Markets…
By Shirley Roberts on 17th September 2022 A market is a market is a market except when it a Mallorquin market. At heart they are for local people to see Continue Reading
A Brief History of the St Philip and St James Anglican Church in Palma
Written by Gillian Garden a member of the congregation – June 2022 The first Anglican congregation in Mallorca was founded in Alcudia in the 1860s by Robert Bateman, the director Continue Reading
Yankees in the Puig Major
From 1959, Mallorca was in the middle of the Cold War with the construction of an American base on the highest peak of the Sierra de Tramuntana. Antoni Janer Torrens Continue Reading
Before the railway came to town…
A little nod to Social History by Shirley Roberts Pic of Hampstead houses 2022 Urban planning has immediate and long term effects and changes the course of history for many Continue Reading
A few thousand words on Fornalutx in 2022
By Shirley Roberts and Pics by Gary Lloyd Rees The location under the Puig Mayor and the Alfabia ridge means that nature in all its majesty is evident every which Continue Reading
All about Deia in 2022
By Shirley Roberts The North West coast of Majorca holds many treasures. From Valldemossa, the coast road to the Port of Soller is a journey of the world. Take that Continue Reading
Monastic nature at Lluc by Neville James-Davies
Nature would have been a big part of their wellbeing as it is to many of us today 2021-11-02 Palma By Neville James-Davies for The Majorca Daily Bulletin Neville James-Davies Continue Reading
Humans of Majorca: Can wear black for weddings
This black trend in summer dresses and wedding dresses is happening for a reason 2021-09-02 Palma By Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts Summer dresses have taken on a black look this year. So many Continue Reading
Tram tickets – discount info right here…
Written by Shirley Roberts Visitors to the Soller Valley absolutely love our TRAM. They equally hate the prices It is a tourist tram with prices to match, Residents ,after lots Continue Reading
Stories of the Soller Valley by SollerWeb
Bringing Soller, Fornalutx, Deia and the Tramuntana, Mallorca alive with Stories about our beautiful area