Soller Web – ‘Made in Soller’ Photographs by Rachel Fox The Soller Web story began over ten years ago with the relocation of a group of families to the Soller Valley . They arrived with their ideas, businesses and children to make a new life in the Tramuntana. A web designer here, a writer there,…
The Sanctuary of LlucIs a 30 minute drive up the mountains from Soller. This site is a very important shrine in Mallorca and is a place of sanctuary and respite for many. The Choir School the ‘BLAUETS’ are famous throughout the world.They sing every day during their school terms in the Church and are a…
It started with a kiss … A family holiday in Fornalutx at age 15 prepared Sue Lloyd Roberts for freedom and adventure. She didn’t register very much of the beauty that surrounded her as she was too busy having fun. The restrictive, proper boarding school of Cheltenham was her lot in life just then and…
Olives of Mallorca Written by the Consel of Mallorca – Agriculture DivisionPromoted by Capsvespre of Soller The cultivation of the olive tree in Mallorca is one of the most traditional and dates back to pre-Roman times. During the Roman period (123 BC-465 AD) is to improve the technique of olive cultivation. In the writings of…
TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAINS DAY 2014 Theme: “Mountain Farming” Covering around 27 percent of the earth’s land surface, mountains play a critical role in moving the world towards sustainable economic growth. They not only provide sustenance and wellbeing to 720 million mountain people around the world, but indirectly benefit billions more living downstream. In particular,…
FERIA DE ABRIL 2016 29th April 2016 to 8th May 2016 Fifty years ago Mallorca was emerging into the world of mass tourism. Hotels were being built everywhere and an infrastructure created that could sustain it. 25% of the residents of Mallorca at the time were not born here. Many of them were economic migrants…
A story behind the scenes of the Port of Soller Written by Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 11th July 2017 Photograph by Gary Lloyd Rees I have a fascination in unravelling the past and creating it in the context of 2017. To research and read the stories of the history…
By Soller Shirley Whichever side is emphasised will always limit the interest. The reasons some new arrivals are here is rarely the whole truth. Many recent arrivals are migrants. They have left economic disasters and war zones and found their way here. Some are refugees and many are asylum seekers. The reason many Russians have…
Ambassadors Follow Contact I am passionate about my project to mount my attractive, small , ceramic murals at the entrances of the beaches and bays along the coast of the island of Mallorca. They visually demonstrate the message to : Take your trash with you off the beach and place it in the trash…
I will not leave it so long before returning to this wonderful authentic spot in Mallorca 2021-10-28 Santa Maria By Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts I am usually busy on Sundays and rarely find the time to go to the market. ‘The Market’ I am talking of is in Santa Maria which is one of the…
