UNESCO AND SOLLERSoller is at the centre of the UNESCO designated range of mountains. This interesting map and information are taken from thewww.serradetramunata.net website for your information.The Serra de Tramuntana mountain range forms the backbone of the north-west of Mallorca. It runs for around 90 km, with a maximum width of 15 km, over 18 municipalities,…
Richard Harding came to Majorca this week to celebrate his 80th birthday. Nothing unusual in that, you might think, many people come here for special occasions. What makes Richard stand out is how he was preparing to celebrate his special birthday. The celebration dinner was a given but a 3000 metre swim starting at 6…
Almost ten years ago Mark Armstrong, his wife and three sons found their way to the Port of Soller to start a ‘trouble free’ life in the sun and beauty of the Soller Valley. Their children had been brought up thus far in the once troubled province of Northern Ireland and they felt it was…
New Amigos ready to fly from Santa Maria Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Sunday 1st November 2015 By Shirley Roberts Lakki Patey is a name you might be familiar with if ambient guitar music and experimental sounds are your interest. This is a man who when asked what he does for a living…
The pre – Christmas lunches and gatherings have started with a vengeance Shirley Roberts with Pics by Rachel Fox and Gary Lloyd Rees The soggy Soller Valley world is giving up its secrets in the water falls. The unusual rains running down the torrents give the opportunity to throw things away and send them far…
Living in Mallorca is your choice… By Shirley Roberts A choice that hundreds of people make every year. The Soller Valley is high on the list of preferred places to live and settle. In the Soller Valley you will find many things including beauty, light, people who have made the same choices you have, business…
from a Human of Majorca This is a letter from my brother Nick Mead who I introduced you to in the paper last Saturday. Greetings from Los Angeles — Usually a land of sunshine and the entertainment capital of the world. Welcome to the land of hope and dreams. It’s raining outside and that’s usually…
The LOVE LOCKS of Soller Lovers lock the engraved padlock around the post of a significant place to them and then ceremoniously throw away the key. This takes some planning as you first have to get the padlock engraved with your special message. That done you take your padlock , key and a bottle of…
Polish the pistons and tune the carburetors in SollerPublished in the Majorca Daily bulletinTuesday 7th October 2014Photograph by RACHEL FOX The mountains of Soller have been overwhelmed this weekend and the race was on. ‘The Pujada of the Puig Mayor’ happens every year in October and this weekend they celebrated their 35th anniversary. This is…
Sep 20 at 6:15 PM Soller -The Island within an Island Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 22nd September 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox The Soller Valley is in recovery mode from the thousands that descended on us this weekend for the Havaneres Festival. A three day celebration of the music of the exiled…
