332 daily letters from Soller have been published on Sollerweb Facebook in 2024. Every day ‘Dear Soller Friends’ hits the page, and hundreds read every day. The total daily view is difficult to quantify. Some of you press ‘like,’ some you are part of our ever-expanding group of ‘followers’, some do not register in any…
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BELMOND LA RESIDENCIABelmond La Residencia in Deià is among the best 100 holiday retreats worldwide in the 18th Annual BILANZ Hotel Rating.Bilanz is the prestigious leading Swiss business magazine covering all facets of economic affairs. Every year it publishes a review on hotels worldwide and Belmond La Residencia features as one of…
A Humans of Majorca story The story of what brings people to Majorca is a fascination for me because every one of them does have a story. In the case of Barry and Pablo they have two stories which met in Madrid. Humans come from all nationalities to this island and they each bring their…
Written by Shirley Roberts with pics by Rachel Fox and Shirley Roberts Twenty years ago, the Repic Beach in the Port of Soller, had its significant people. The boat owners, the fishermen and those who ran the beach services were very important in the Repic world. The perfect horse shoe bay had its fine and…
The Mayor of Soller is on the election trail and visiting the important groups in our City. It is interesting that the first meeting that was reported on and photographed was of the ‘University of the Third Age’ in Soller. This is the unofficial title of the older age group who meet for many social…
THE EASTER EXPERIENCE OF THE SOLLER VALLEY Easter week, Semana Santa or Pascua as it is known is a very important time in Soller. The town divides up into Fraternities – groups of people attached to a local church who have an affinity to a particular group of penitents. The penitents dress in the robes…
From Putney Bridge to Soller – a story Published in the Majorca Daily bulletinSunday 16th November 2014Photograph by Rachel Fox Every year the stories are plentiful of the people who arrive in the Soller Valley with all their dreams in tact. They have arrived to live and work here and they alternate between excitement and…
The Hospital Chapel and the work of Saint Rita in Sóller The Saint of Impossible Causes… By Debra Reynolds on 4th November 2016 As Sollerweb reported earlier this week, as of Wednesday of this week, there has been a change in the Mass timetable at Sant Bartomeu in Sóller. All weekday Masses (i.e. Monday-Saturday inclusive)…
Written by Shirley Roberts, all photographs taken by Shirley Roberts To get to the beaches of Caribbean level in Majorca, I have to drive, for half and hour, to pick up the motorway. Muro and parts of Alcudia are stunning beach favourites but sometimes they are just too far. With a nippy hire car this…
March, in all its glory in the Soller Valley Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 14th March 2017 Written by Shirley Roberts Photographs by Rachel Fox March is a great month and the bringer of spring in all its glory. The weather can be unpredictable as the amazing weekend weather proved as it…
