Hidden Valley – Interesting facts of the weekFigures published this week state that 36.5% of properties in Mallorca are owned by foreigners.ABC Mallorca, in one of their articles have lifted the lid on the developments planned for the Port of Soller They say ‘In the natural harbour of Puerto de Sóller, apartments used to be…
No 11 on the Times Newspapers list of 50 best hotels in the Med 2015 Set within a classical 100 year-old mansion house designed by one of Gaudi’s protégés, L’Avenida is in the centre of beautiful Soller, two minutes from the bustling town square, yet surrounded by the towering peaks of the Tramuntana mountains. L’Avenida…
Secar de Real is a newbuild town which arrived at the same time as the industrial estate and the new hospital 2021-07-29 Palma By Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts The drive from Soller the Son Castello Industrial Estate is one straight road. Soon to have a new roundabout which will slow the traffic. This is to provide access to…
Roads and railways in Soller By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 31st January 2017 Photographs by Rachel Fox This week the state of the roads, particularly the mountain roads have been exercising us. The Coll Mountain road is closed because of the landslides caused by last weeks’ weather. The snow…
The Soller Valley welcomes autumn Today is the first day of the autumn season which will last for 88 days before giving way to winter on 21st December 2014. Autumn has started with welcome rain and a reshuffle of the hot humid weather of late. The walkers and cyclists arrived as usual in early September…
The Sound of Silence in the Soller Valley Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 11th August 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox Have you ever heard ‘the Sound of Silence’ sung in Mallorquin? It is a feature of a beautiful celebration here in the Soller Valley and it brings a lump to the throat…
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…
We are at the beginning of a wonderful time of year in Soller. The ‘January Calms’ are a local weather phenomena. Always in January when you expect to be in the grip of winter the weather just calms right down. The sea is flat, early fog lingers because there is no wind to blow it…
Richard Harding came to Majorca this week to celebrate his 80th birthday. Nothing unusual in that, you might think, many people come here for special occasions. What makes Richard stand out is how he was preparing to celebrate his special birthday. The celebration dinner was a given but a 3000 metre swim starting at 6…
The ‘Concepts’ of the Soller Valley Written by Shirley Roberts Photographs by Rachel Fox & Sonya Canyelles Mas Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 7th March 2017 This is the time of year when the the winter efforts are revealed in all their glory. The work that has been going on behind closed…
