A Humans of Mallorca story Today I would like to introduce you to my brother’ A Human of Majorca’ who has dipped his toes in the sand of the Port of Soller and absorbed our world. His life is in LA now but we both remember many stories of our early days Majorca and the…
From Friday 13th March to Wednesday 25th March 2020 The diary of living with a virus in the Soller Valley 2020 Friday 13th March 2020 Children will go to school this morning and learn how remote learning is going to work for them. Two weeks of school closures will be joined by two weeks of…
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…
THE BOTANICAL GARDENS OF SOLLERSits there on the main road between Soller and the Port waiting for your visit. This is a special place in our midst that we all take for granted. It is visitors and students who tell us of the pleasures that await in their cool oasis. I was there last week…
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…
The magazine Marie Claire published an article last year on Malaysian cuisine and listed the top five Malaysian restaurants outside the country. Would it surprise you to know that Kopitiam in Soller is on that list? The only Malaysian restaurant in the Balearic Islands and one of the top five in the world is to…
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION information and Mass times in Soller and Biniaraix 2016 Many people mistakenly believe that the Immaculate Conception refers to the conception of Christ through the action of the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary. However, this is not the case. Rather, it refers to the condition that she was…
Do you know your neighbours in Soller? This week The Times had a full page on the way that the British are out in force buying properties in Europe. Spaintops the list followed very closely by Franceand some longer haul places like Canadaand Australiaare also in the top ten relocation list. This trend is more…
Havaneres, Gin, Chickens and more in SollerPublished in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 16th September 2014Photograph by RACHEL FOX The Soller Valley is awash with gin and tonic and experts. We have watched at fiestas when the hospitality kings of the Tourism University have demonstrated the art of preparing the ultimate drink. Special swizzle sticks to…
Here comes Autumn in Soller Have you got your bow and arrow? Did you know that the rules have changed and that from last Friday you can now use it together with a shotgun to hunt the partridge? Serious consideration has been given to this subject over the summer and an illustrious group of experts…
