HOLY WEEK – AS IT UNFOLDS By Debra Reynolds The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord followed by a procession Friday 3rd April – The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord takes place at 7.00 p.m. in the Parròquia de Sant Bartomeu in the square in Soller. This is followed by a procession of…
Sunsets and cocktails in the Soller Valley Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 19th May 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox The North West of Majorca is the place that we call home. Soller, nestled into the golden bowl of the Soller Valley is surrounded on three sides by the Tramuntana mountain range and its…
By Shirley Roberts Visitors and residents of Majorca know very well how much fiestas and historical celebrations mean to the community. Every Village, Town and City has its celebrations and local people living in other places return for them every year. The ‘Soller Firo’ gained more and more attention every year until the pandemic stopped…
We are still searching for Karlo’s Angelby Shirley RobertsThere is a taxi driver in Palmanova who is an ‘Angel’ and there are many people who want to thank him. On Thursday 6th September 2012 our Angel came across Karlo in serious distress. Karlo is a talented female impersonator and entertainer of Majorca. He exploded onto…
RV BONNIE LASS Bonnie Lass was built in 1949 on the east coast of Scotland. Her life was that of a wooden framed working fishing boat. She caught herrings and dredged for scallops in Scotland and then fished for Salmon in the beauty of Northern Ireland before becoming a museum piece in the Maritime Museum…
The Gran Hotel Soller The stunning building that houses the Gran Hotel sits in the heart of Soller and makes everyone wonder at its history. These days a fine hotel with elegance and attention to detail guaranteed but what of its past? In my early Soller days the grounds of the Gran Hotel was a…
Say Hello to Rachel and Sally… The fifth year of Humans of Majorca begins with the 2021 story of Rachel and Sally. They are two women who have started a business in a pandemic and have still got smiles on their faces. Let me introduce you to Rachel who hails from the Emerald isle. A…
The joys of owning a home in Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Sunday 30th July 2017 By Shirley Roberts Photographs by Gary Lloyd-Rees For me it all began 18 years ago when our family realised an ambition to have a holiday home in the sun. We researched the places that we had…
Mountain culture in the Soller Valley Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 13th December 2016 Written by Shirley Roberts Photographs by Rachel Fox International Mountain Day was celebrated on Sunday 11thDecember and was a reminder that Sollerics are mountain people. The United Nations decided in 2003 that 11thDecember should be the special day to…
By Shirley Roberts The tales of the people who live and visit here are many and varied. Some are obviously here to make money in whatever way works for them. Scams, criminality and opportunism exist in Majorca just like anywhere else in the world. We all like to think we live in a world where…
