Soller is a City with small town values Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 11th October 2016 Photographs by Rachel Fox The debate runs on and on about the status of Soller. For some to define it as a City as King Alphonso did in 1905 is the end of the story. Soller was…
The party is over in Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 25th August 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox The City of Soller today marks the day when the all night parties stop for awhile. The San Bartholomew celebrations follow a tradition that has been enhanced now that electronic sounds, local music and…
Written for the Mallorca Bulletin on Valentines Day 2024 By Shirley Roberts I love Soller because it strikes my soul and the primeval need to belong. I loved London, and still do. I am fortunate to have had choice in where I have lived and found acceptance. I was not fleeing persecution, or making an…
The Soller valley has always had its share of interesting people and 2015 is a good year to remind ourselves some of the newer ones. Merie lives up the side of the mountain as you first come into Soller from the tunnel. She surveys this beautiful valley from a vantage point which means it is…
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…
Lessons from the the past in Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 2nd December 2014 Photographs by RACHEL FOX Last Thursday in the Escolapies Cultural Centre a lecture with slides and film was shown to a packed house. This was the beginning of a series of events taking place here in Soller to…
CANYONING – today I have received inquiries about this sport and I have passed them on to our friends at Tramuntana Tours The following is reproduced from their website – Please contact them direct if you would like this thrill in your life!www.tramuntanatours.com Canyoning is a relatively new sport that involves walking, scrambling, climbing, jumping, abseiling and/or swimming through a…
FIVE THOUSAND WORDS ON FORNALUTX Written by Shirley Roberts of SollerWeb Photographs by Rachel Fox Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin as a Fornalutx supplement… The most beautiful Village in Spain This is an accolade that has often been granted to Fornalutx and this year a new award has joined the ranks. ‘The Most…
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…
SOLLERWEB have great pleasure in welcomingNEIL DOLOUGHAN to the SOLLERWEB FAMILY.Neil appears on our ‘books’ platform and you can read a synopsis of his new publication ‘Under a Mallorcan Sky’ right here:-http://www.sollerweb.com/neildoloughan.html
