The world seems an easier place when you are walking amongst great beauty 2022-01-20 Palma By Shirley Roberts The walks of Mallorca are well catalogued and the decision to create the routes 221 and 222 were inspired. Eventually, using these routes a walk around the whole of Mallorca will be possible. Of course, for such…
Chris Adamson has been sailing from Soller for the past ten years. He operates bespoke yacht charters on a daily basis for up to 70 people. Mezzo Magic believe that the perfect way to see the beautiful coastline of North west Mallorca is aboard one of their private boats and then return enriched by the…
Monday 13th September 2021 and its cloudy Another week dawns in the good old Soller Valley. Home to farmers, playwrights, carpenters, fishermen, authors, singers, musicians, doctors, shop assistants, builders, plumbers, teachers, hairdressers, tourism and hospitality employees and a huge number of those who are over pension age. In other words, a full spectrum of society. …
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 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…
For 2023, the Palma Christmas light switch-on will be held on Thursday 23 November. This will coincide with the Black Friday Sales starting in Mallorca on the following day. Christmas Markets 2023 Plaza Mayor, Plaza Mercat, La Rambla and the Park of the Stations (moved this year from Placa Espana). These will be open from the…
By Soller Shirley Did you play that game when you were a child? You sat in a circle and had to answer the question. Repetition was not allowed and if you came anywhere near an answer already given you were ‘out’. There were always about six common answers and then you struggled. A bit like…
Mare de deu del CarmeTranslated means the’ Mother of God of Carmen’.A saint’s day that is significant because Carmen as the Mother of God is the patron saint of all sea faring people. St Peter might be special to fishermen but Carmen looks after all who use the sea in whatever capacity. On 15th July…
Spreading the word about all that Soller has to offer is one of my passions in life. There is so much happening here year round that it is easy to keep the enthusiasm going from month to month. On the Soller Shirley page this week I received messages from summer visitors who follow the daily…
The RAIXA ESTATE is on the other side of the Soller tunnel. 10 minutes from Soller and you are n a beautiful old world with many years of history. Raixa has been used as film sets many times particularly for Agatha Christie movies. This article has been written by Andrew Rawson of Mallorca Days Out…