The story of the indomitable Elena Davis has been told a few times in the past. Usually as she approaches yet another milestone birthday! Here we are again for soon in 2015 Elena will be 100 and is looking forward to the celebrations she has planned for this special day. My Elena is a…
All change for Christmas in Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 23rd December 2014 Photographs by Rachel Fox As all the people left the Valley last Friday heading off on planes to the UK and further afield we were considering hanging a sign above the Soller Tunnel. ‘Will the last person out…
A CARMEN story from Soller for you.. This week sees the celebrations of the’ Mare de Deu de Carmen’.this is Mary as the Mother of God known by her Alta ego of Carmen. She is the patron saint of all seafarers. She is not exclusive to fishermen like St Peter but much more inclusive. The…
The Cities of Majorca By Andrew EdePublished in the Majorca Daily Bulletin onSunday 15th May 2016 Shirley Roberts, who pens the Tuesday Spotlight on Soller column, provided an interesting post to her Soller Shirley Facebook page the other day. It reported that Soller is a city and was made so by King Alfonso XIII in…
We said good bye to Elena Davis 1915 to 2016 By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Thursday 7th October 2016 On Thursday 6th October 2016 over fifty people gathered in Soller. We were following the express wishes of Elena Davis who died a few weeks ago. Elena was 101 and everyone thought…
Marc Martinez / A chef of Fornalutx By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Sunday 13th March 2016 Marc is one of the children of the Soller Valley who watched their grandparents prepare food works of art. His Solleric family owned the Costa D’Or Hotel in Lluc Alcari near Deia which has been…
By Shirley Roberts Fifty years ago the first brick was laid on the Party house of the Port of Soller. Created out of the market gardens of the flat lands behind the Repic Beach. An area known for its fine tomatoes and award winning cabbage. The whole area was devoted to growing food and the…
The Soller Tunnel is back to normal Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 3rd March 2015 Photographs by RACHEL FOX The Soller tunnel was cut through the Coll Mountain that had isolated the Hidden Valley in 1997. The journey time from the airport to Soller using the tunnel takes thirty minutes and to…
The BANK HOLIDAYS of Soller – unravelled The list has been published for the Bank Holidays for Spain for 2015 which I will print here. This is not the whole picture because in addition to these dates there are the Balearic Bank Holidays – which I will also list. To round it all off there…
The history of VOLLEYBALL in Mallorca started in SOLLER… The Volley Ball Boys put on their great Carnival show yesterday as always. Their contribution to Carnival is always eagerly anticipated. Did you know that Volleyball started on this Island in 1931 in Soller? Andrew Ede wrote about this today in the Majorca Daily Bulletin and…
