A Humans of Mallorca story By Shirley Roberts Recent history fascinates me as we all jog along, not even realising we are making the history of tomorrow. Today’s story is all about a group of people who arrived in the Soller Valley around the year 2004. This was a disparate group of young people who…
Saint Bartholomew – the Patron Saint of Soller The Fiesta of Saint Bartholomew – every year from 22ndto 25th August – or thereabouts… In 2014 the Fiesta is from Thursday 21st August to Sunday 24th August 2014 Saint Bartholomew is one of the twelve apostles and credited with the conversion of people in Armenia. After…
Music for a Summer Evening in Mallorca this event is a flavour of the wonderful musical opportunities of the Hidden Valley of Mallorca … The English soprano, Fiona Stuart-Wilson, and the Austrian mezzo soprano Waltraud Mucher accompanied by pianist Suzanne Bradbury will be presenting the concert “Music for a Summer Evening” on Monday August…
By La Palmesana Editorial Office-July 21, 2022 The vice-president of the Consell de Mallorca and executive councilor for Sustainability and the Environment, Aurora Ribot, and the island’s director for the Environment, Inmaculada Férriz, presented today at a press conference the new hiking route, the Route of the Lighthouses. Likewise, the route will allow contact with the…
HOLY WEEK – AS IT UNFOLDS Written by Debra Reynolds Our Religious Affairs Correspondent The Brotherhoods (or “Confraries”) of Soller and their Processions Religious Brotherhoods are groups of faithful people who devote their time to doing charitable works. Some brotherhoods are only associated with the town of Sollerwhilst others may be a part of larger…
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…
By Shirley Roberts I don’t play golf but, if I did, I can see the beauty in the course of Alcanada. How the golfers aren’t put off by the magnificent scenery all around them I will never know. ‘Alcanada Golf’ to me means weddings and fine dining, but this was not our destination today. This…
The two years of Covid has been a leveller and the effects are now being felt 2022-02-03 Palma By Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts Choice is available to those with money and there are plenty of them in Mallorca. For the overall benefit of the island our rich friends are extremely important. They have enough to…
For 2023, the Palma Christmas light switch-on will be held on Thursday 23 November. This will coincide with the Black Friday Sales starting in Mallorca on the following day. Christmas Markets 2023 Plaza Mayor, Plaza Mercat, La Rambla and the Park of the Stations (moved this year from Placa Espana). These will be open from the…
To celebrate BALEARIC DAY which is on Sunday March 1st we can enjoy the National Anthem of Majorca. La Balanguera” is the official anthem of the Balearic island of Majorca, Spain. The anthem is an adaptation of Joan Alcover i Maspons (1854–1926) poem based on an ancient and popular Majorcan children’s song. The music is…
