By Soller Shirley The question people who relocate always consider, is whether they will live in a place full of the language they have left back home. In Soller there are 13,500 residents (approx.). The last count I saw states that there are 2000 foreigners (born in a foreign country) in that number Incomers have…
Soller – Yours and MineWalking through our City the other day I bumped into the indomitable Elena Davis. A legend around these parts for her fierce intellect and longevity. This is a lady who will reach her 100th birthday in just a few years. Elena came to live in the Soller valley from New York…
MIRO DAY TRIP To celebrate the work and life of Joan Miro and in acknowledgment that he painted some of his finest works in Mallorca – a new Miro Adventure is launched. New excursion and tour of some of the emblematic museums containing the works of Miro on the Island plus the Soller train and…
By Shirley Roberts with reference to Diario de Mallorca The Joan March hospital is the building in the high distance seen from the Soller Road. It is often called ‘Caubet’ by locals which is the name of the estate where it was built. Caubet was the small village and the hamlet which housed the chapel, the…
“What is interesting is that everybody talks about your coaching niche – business coaches, leadership coaches etc. but it comes down to the same things.” Tiffany Barnard at home in Soller. | Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter Humphrey Carter Tiffany Barnard was born in the UK but at the age of just six months the family moved…
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…
Neven’s Spanish Food Trails, Balearics 2021 are airing now on RTE 2021-09-30 Palma By Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts David Hare and I sat in Soller Square this week discussing our obsessions with the Soller Valley. This place just gets some people and they end up spending most of their working lives promoting it. David has a house in Soller with…
Maria of the Marina Hotel in the Port of Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Sunday 27th November 2016 Written by Shirley Roberts Photographs by Rachel Fox When you are part of a Soller Hotel dynasty you have to make your individual mark. The crown has been created by others and its your…
A tragic day in the life of the Soller ValleyThe events of this tragic week in Soller have been in the press, television and radio news on a daily basis. Life has to go on but there is an overwhelming sadness that permeates the place as so many lives have been touched. Listening to many…
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…