The taste of Mallorca Part One The Soller Valley is home to many traditional Mallorquin dishes. Local Sollerics have very strong views on which restaurant serves the best home made dishes. The competition for the finest thin crackling on the Roast Pork/Lechona dish is fierce. As for the correct way to serve Arroz Brut it…
New Amigos ready to fly from Santa Maria Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Sunday 1st November 2015 By Shirley Roberts Lakki Patey is a name you might be familiar with if ambient guitar music and experimental sounds are your interest. This is a man who when asked what he does for a living…
Reforms, Refurbishments and Regeneration in the Soller Valley Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 27th October 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox The clocks went back and the Valley slipped into instant winter mode with a sense of urgency that has been missing for a number of years. The pennies are being counted and…
All Change… On Sunday 25th October 2015 Today the change to the Village Life of the City of Soller really begins. The clocks have gone back meaning lighter mornings and darker afternoons and this heralds the Soller Valley in winter mode. Important Fiestas take place this week and are all part of the Church calendar….
Stone Walling Soller style Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 20th October 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox The journey to Soller to and from the Palma direction is complicated at the moment and will continue to be so for a few more months. An amazing amount of work is happening on the main…
The power of the Soller Train Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 13th October 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox I took a day off this week and focused all my attention on a happy little six year old. My granddaughter goes to a local school in the Port of Soller and they…
Bryn Hughes paints the Soller Valley … Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Sunday 11th October 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox To sit in front of the Miramar Hotel in the Port of Soller with Bryn and Liz Hughes was such a pleasure this week. We were surrounded by paints, sketch pads and examples of…
The changing face of Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 6th October 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox The side streets of the City of Soller are alive with new building and innovative ideas. Apartments are almost finished off the main street of the Lluna which will have a price tag of over a…
Soller’s gone sporty Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 29th September 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox As autumn arrives the Soller Valley has turned to sport. Groups of walkers are taking the place of the sunbathers and stout boots and backpacks have replaced bikinis. I really would like to know what they carry in…
Sep 20 at 6:15 PM Soller -The Island within an Island Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 22nd September 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox The Soller Valley is in recovery mode from the thousands that descended on us this weekend for the Havaneres Festival. A three day celebration of the music of the exiled…
