It now begins… This year, the Autumn equinox will begin on Saturday, September 23, 2023 at 2:50 a.m. and will last until the Winter solstice on Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 10:27 a.m. There are four BANK HOLIDAYS in the Autumn season. Thursday October 12th, 2023 is Día de la Hispanidad. National Day of Spain…
For 2023, the Palma Christmas light switch-on will be held on Thursday 23 November. This will coincide with the Black Friday Sales starting in Mallorca on the following day. Christmas Markets 2023 Plaza Mayor, Plaza Mercat, La Rambla and the Park of the Stations (moved this year from Placa Espana). These will be open from the…
Written by Shirley Roberts I feel I am a lone voice for the Northern Irish Tourist Board. I have recently returned from an August week’s adventure there, in which I was one of very few visitors. How was it possible to drive the Ards Peninsular, alongside vast empty beaches and seal colonies and be the…
Written by Shirley Roberts Pics by Madeline Harding Corpus Christi was celebrated in Soller on Sunday 11th June 2023 Corpus Christi is an important event in the Spanish calendar, celebrating the ‘Body of Christ’. Go anywhere in Spain and you’ll see it is celebrated in an entirely different way. The pictures in this article were…
Written on 9th May 2023 by Shirley Roberts The last 24 hours have been a ‘fascination of social media’. Coming out the other side I am making a personal statement. Strong feelings on all sides mean that some views are one dimensional. I would just like to offer a little contribution to ‘both sides’. Five…
10,500 Facebook Followers, 130,000 Website clicks annually, Instagram, You Tube, Mallorca Bulletin, Celebrity Magazine, Radio One Mallorca are all the place you can find www.sollerweb.com these days.. My day starts with a cup of tea and the daily letter. I aim to get it online by about 7 am but sometimes, although the spirit is…
By Shirley Roberts Do you remember the day when pounds, shillings and pence gave way to decimalisation? Overnight maths lessons changed, and all that learning was confined to history. Do you remember those typing lessons on manual typewriters which gave way to electric and then to computers? Do you remember using Tippex to correct typing…
Have a visit and immerse yourself in a cultural oasis in Palma… Elena Castillo creates her beautiful works from her studio in Soller. Her sculptures and artwork appear in collections worldwide… Such talent in our world “The Garden of Gethsemane” is a new cycle of paintings by Ilya Gaponov, consisting of large-scale multi-figure compositions. The…
By Shirley Roberts Written by Shirley Roberts in 2023 We are often asked for the dates and outline of all the fiestas in Soller. Some are planning their holidays around the dates and others want to avoid them. The Soller Valley fiestas on this list are local and will happen whether there are visitors in…
The Legend of Saint George Shirley Roberts The legend explains that long ago, in Montblanc (Tarragona) a ferocious dragon, capable of poisoning the air and killing with his breath, had frightened the inhabitants of the city. The inhabitants, scared and tired of the dragon´s ravages and misdeeds, decided to calm him by feeding him one…