The Soller Valley loves EVENTS Published in the Majorca Daily BulletinTuesday 3rd November 2015 Photograph by Rachel Fox Events in the Soller Valley are my obsession and occupy my waking thoughts and sometimes my dreams. The reason www.sollerweb.com came into being was because the wonderful events here were known only to a few. This was a big…
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FROM NORTHWEST LONDON TO NORTH WEST MALLORCA
All about us ….Written by me for The Kentishtowner http://www.kentishtowner.co.uk/2013/10/25/free-weekend-escape-soller-mallorca/ Pictures by Rachel Fox My family are from Twisden road, Swain’s Lane and Queen’s Crescent. But a few years back we swapped countries and, in Soller, found “Kentish Town on the Med”. Yes, it’s what we actually call it: there are the same eccentric, vibrant…
SOLLER – A TRAM RUNS THROUGH IT
Soller – A Tram Runs Through It By Andrew Ede Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Friday 5th June 2015 At the entrance to the train station in Sóller is a plaque in honour of the town’s illustrious son, Jerónimo Estades Llabrés. Catalan correctness would have it that the name should be Jeroni, but the…
MELONS, CHURCHES AND CONTROVERSY IN SOLLER
Melons, Churches and controversy in Soller Published in the Majorca Daily bulletin Tuesday 14th July 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox The L’Horta area of Soller occupies a different place in the heart of the hinterland between City and Port. It is the place that the tram stops without ringing the bell and the place…
REFORMS, REFURBISHMENTS AND REGENERATION IN THE SOLLER VALLEY
Reforms, Refurbishments and Regeneration in the Soller Valley Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 27th October 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox The clocks went back and the Valley slipped into instant winter mode with a sense of urgency that has been missing for a number of years. The pennies are being counted and…
‘I love a tourist’…
By Shirley Roberts There I have said it and I mean it. I know this view has been challenged un 2023 but it does not change my view. I know that the majority of people working in tourism are professional with visitors. Their personal views are just that and they get on with their work…
A CHILD PRISONER OF WAR RETURNS TO JAPAN AFTER 70 YEARS
Femke’s journey to Nagasaki Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Sunday3rd January 2015 Femke Young of Portals Nous in Majorca was born in Indonesia and is fourth generation with family originally from Holland. Her childhood was spent as a privileged, colonial child in a beautiful home run by staff. She and her brother Erik had…
MARE DE DEU DEL CARME
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…
Dear, dear Soller Friends
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…
Happy, Sad, Bored, Lonely…
Get up, get dressed, get out… A little exploration from some Soller minds… By Shirley Roberts Happy? I find when I am at my happiest I have used my own mantra. ‘Get up, get dressed and get out’. The biggest blessing, I have in my life, is the ability to forget. So many awful things…