THE UNESCO WORLD OF THE TRAMUNTANA Welcome to the Serra de Tramuntana in 2015 The Serra de Tramuntana has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO under the Cultural Landscape category. This is the international community’s acknowledgement of the near-perfect symbiosis between the action of human beings and nature, which has occurred for centuries,…
RICHARD VINTON plays Port of Soller … Our favourite pianist Richard Vinton is appearing twice weekly in the Port of Soller. El Moll Bistro Bar have managed to secure his talent every Monday and Wednesday for the foreseeable future. Richard is known to many as the pianist that rocked ‘Come Fly with me’ Sinatra show…
Full Headers Printable Vi The dawn chorus wakes us in Soller early these summer mornings. The sudden change in the weather and the departure of the North wind has been greeted with incredulity in the Soller Valley. One minute we’re moaning about the nights being cold for this time of year and then Africa sends us…
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…
Monday 13th September 2021 and its cloudy Another week dawns in the good old Soller Valley. Home to farmers, playwrights, carpenters, fishermen, authors, singers, musicians, doctors, shop assistants, builders, plumbers, teachers, hairdressers, tourism and hospitality employees and a huge number of those who are over pension age. In other words, a full spectrum of society. …
The good, the bad and the ugly in Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 7th April 2015Photographs by Rachel Fox As the swallows return to the Soller Valley the residents brace themselves to answer their questions. It seems to be a fact of life that when our many friends return to whence they came…
Soller – Yours and MineWalking through our City the other day I bumped into the indomitable Elena Davis. A legend around these parts for her fierce intellect and longevity. This is a lady who will reach her 100th birthday in just a few years. Elena came to live in the Soller valley from New York…
By Shirley Roberts Pics by Gary Lloyd Rees Poetissa Fca Alcover is named after a woman – A poet and a very special lady of her generation. She died in 1955 and is revered in the Soller Valley She was a writer and journalist and wrote articles defending the Church from anticlerical attacks and…
The Chinese whispers of Soller Published in the Majorca Daily bulletin Tuesday 13th January 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox This is the time that the rumour mill of the Soller Valley begins the whispers or in some cases the shouts. The list of hotels and their winter spend has been published and all can…
The drums were the first possessions that arrived in Soller when this couples relocation brought them to the Hidden Valley. Native New Yorkers with a dream to find the perfect place for the explosion of art and music in their lives. A couple of Art Student kids who met at the famous ‘Art Students League…
