The people of Bunyola live on the other side of The Coll de Soller – our mountain. Many of them work in Soller and most are related to someone in Soller. This is a joined community separated by a very large mountain. When the Soller Tunnel was opened in 1997 the powers that be in…
A tragic day in the life of the Soller ValleyThe events of this tragic week in Soller have been in the press, television and radio news on a daily basis. Life has to go on but there is an overwhelming sadness that permeates the place as so many lives have been touched. Listening to many…
Diamonds were the friends of the press that gathered in the Belmond La Residencia this week. We marvelled at the beautiful, subtle diamond jewellery presented to us by Vanessa Tugendhaft. An A list of celebrities led by Madonna have been seen wearing her pink string band with the diamond in the middle. This is diamonds…
Biniaraix celebrates their own PROFESSOR OF THE BLOOD -Jean Dausset The ‘Washing Square‘of the village is to be renamed ‘Jean Dausset Square’ in a ceremony tomorrow morning. This illustrious child of the village of Binairaixwas awarded a Nobel Prize in 1980 for his services to medicine. His speciality was in understanding blood and his work has had far…
This family have come from Harare to take their place in the Anglican Church in Palma 2022-03-17 Palma By Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts Every new person arriving in Mallorca has the potential to make a difference. This can be for themselves, their families, their adopted new community or even the political stage locally and nationally….
23rd June from sundown …Soller celebrates the Saints Day of Sant Juan or Saint John in the traditional way. St John – or John the Baptist is associated with baptism and water so his Saints Day takes us to the waters edge. The celebrated date is 24th June each year but the celebrations take place…
Tradition in the Soller Valley By Shirley Roberts Photographs by Rachel Fox Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 7th February 2017 Majorca is a very traditional island. In all towns and villages and in the City of Palma itself local and national commemorations fill the annual diaries. The City of Soller is right…
All change for Christmas in Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 23rd December 2014 Photographs by Rachel Fox As all the people left the Valley last Friday heading off on planes to the UK and further afield we were considering hanging a sign above the Soller Tunnel. ‘Will the last person out…
Soller resembles Switzerland – occasionally… The story of February 2012 is written in Soller folklore. It tells the tale of a date when the Soller Tunnel closed because it was simply too dangerous to get through and down the mountain by car. The City was marooned for a few hours because of the snow…
The peaceful olive trees of SollerPublished in the Majorca Daily BulletinTuesday 14th October 2014Photograph by RACHEL FOXSoller is known for its oranges and citrus fruit production but a revolution has been going on behind the scenes. The olives of Soller are staging a fight back and want to be the pre eminent export of the…
