The Town Hall steps of Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 29th November 2016 Written by Shirley Roberts Photographs by Rachel Fox In any community there is an identifiable heart and in Soller it is very clearly apparent. The City square is overlooked by its Church and its Town Hall standing side…
Maria of the Marina Hotel in the Port of Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Sunday 27th November 2016 Written by Shirley Roberts Photographs by Rachel Fox When you are part of a Soller Hotel dynasty you have to make your individual mark. The crown has been created by others and its your…
Town planning Soller style By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 22nd November 2016 Photographs by Rachel Fox Early photographs of the Soller Valley are a source of endless fascination and we love to see the way we were. Soller was privileged to have the skill, talent and sheer inspiration of…
On top of the world at Can Topa To meet Paula and Damian Murphy By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Sunday 20th November 2016 The Tramuntana mountains of the Soller Valley enclose the City in its heart. The journey always begins with a decision to either go through the mountain and…
Life goes on in the Soller Valley By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 15th November 2016 Photographs by Rachel Fox In such a momentous week there was comfort in daily life just going on in Soller. Just two weeks ago we tried to have a debate here amongst the many…
Soller and the ‘Saint of Impossible Causes’… Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 8th November 2016 Photographs by Rachel Fox and Debra Reynolds To learn about this place in the universe is such a pleasure. No matter how long I have lived here and how many stories I unravel it all leads on…
NOVEMBER the month of romance in Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 1st November 2016 Photographs by Rachel Fox St Ursula has a lot to answer for but she gives us the Day of the Virgins in October and the bunuelas to eat for the winter. Story has it that Ursula was so…
Mick West Performed with the Xeremiers of Soller in SollerBy Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Sunday 30th October 2016 Photographs by the Xeremiers Mick West is a lover of Mallorca and has a home here as well as in Glasgow. The relocation of his daughter and family to Palmanova some years…
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…
Don is Krim back in Soller… By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Sunday 23rd October 2016 Don and his partner David moved to Soller in 2005 after discovering the place like so many people before them – on the train. They were based in Barcelona at the time and were holidaying here. …
