Soller’s Pirates By Andrew Rawson of Mallorca Days OutPublished in the Majorca Daily BulletinSunday 10th May 2015 Photographs by Andrew Rawson On Monday the Soller valley comes alive with the sounds of battle as the Christians and Moors battle it out. But what is the story behind this wonderful fiesta? Let us go back nearly…
Enter Lynne Franks world on the road to Deya via a three point turn conducted on the main road of the mountain. Stress enough before the climb to the 12th century monastery that marks her place in Valley. The home now of Bloom Retreats and a very chilled Lynne Franks ready to give me some…
Written by Shirley Roberts – June 2022 Normal holiday life is back Every week is seeing new improvements as the season gets more established Fantastic views from the Hotel Jumeirah in Soller. | R.L. The weather is settled and all the stars are aligned for a good time. Just before the arrivals, the Town Hall…
The beautiful ladies asleep in Mallorcan Churches ‘The Assumption of the Mother of God’ is celebrated in Spainand is a very important religious day and a state Bank Holiday. Saturday August 15th 2015 is a BANK HOLIDAY. This means that all banks and offices will be closed and only a limited number of shops will…
Bellver International College – non-denominational, co-educational day school in Palma Founded in 1950, Bellver is the longest established privately owned British school in Spain. The college is situated close to the beach (opposite to the King of Spain’s summer palace) in a residential area 3 km from the centre of Palma in Mallorca. Bellver adopts…
THE SOLLER YEAR IN FOCUS Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 29th December 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox The page turns and a New Year begins this week. It is natural for me for writing purposes to have a hunt through the diaries and Facebook entries to check on the highlights of the year….
Life’s a beach on Sunday Morning…Have a look around if if you are heading to the beach today. Apart from all the milky white new arrivals who are desperate for the sun there will be all the little children covered head to toe in the sun avoidance suits. The English visitors have this market cornered and…
A Humans of Mallorca story By Shirley Roberts While the government are extremely busy resurrecting tourism and urging us on to shop, the people wait. Another month passes for those who have completely slipped through the fiscal net. Another month passes for those who don’t know what date their benefit will next be paid. My…
Summer Schools in the Soller Valley The school holidays in Mallorca start around the 19th June 2015 and the autumn term starts mid September 2015. This means that students in schools in Mallorca have a twelve week summer break. This is a challenge for most families where the parents are working flat out as it…
2022-04-21 Soller By Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts Clare and Charlie are those special people who dance in your lives adding interest and colour. They arrived in the Soller Valley around twenty years ago and added this place to their ‘significant memory box’. Clare’s friend (from the age of 8 weeks old) made a big family…
