A dog walk, two lost French academics and an interesting tale is the offering from Soller this week. An often trod dog walk took me to the back of the town in Soller. Past the station and climbing the streets in the lower slopes of the mountains that protect us. The house we always look at…
Olives of Mallorca Written by the Consel of Mallorca – Agriculture DivisionPromoted by Capsvespre of Soller The cultivation of the olive tree in Mallorca is one of the most traditional and dates back to pre-Roman times. During the Roman period (123 BC-465 AD) is to improve the technique of olive cultivation. In the writings of…
Nov 9 at 7:18 PM Where are the PR people when you need them in Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 11th November 2014 Photograph by RACHEL FOX Soller is known as the ‘Island within an Island’ in Majorca . This came from its past history when trade was done from the Port of…
By Shirley Roberts A frequent Nan’s Day Out for me is to our local park. Known by many names in the Port of Soller but mostly as the ‘Camp de Football’. This is a park with a football pitch in the centre and a running track round the outskirts. Swings for children on one corner…
The writers of the Soller ValleyThe skills, talent, art and self indulgence of writing are part of the fabric of life in the Soller Valley. Amongst our neighbours we have published authors and poets who make their living by their craft. We have film and TV writers by the dozen. We have hundreds of people who…
The Soller Firo takes over the Valley Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 12th May 2015 Photographs by RACHEL FOX This past weekend in Majorca there have been many events all over the island. Europe day, international football competitions and many more events besides. The Grand Opening of Son Amar for the summer season…
TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAINS DAY 2014 Theme: “Mountain Farming” Covering around 27 percent of the earth’s land surface, mountains play a critical role in moving the world towards sustainable economic growth. They not only provide sustenance and wellbeing to 720 million mountain people around the world, but indirectly benefit billions more living downstream. In particular,…
From Friday 13th March to Wednesday 25th March 2020 The diary of living with a virus in the Soller Valley 2020 Friday 13th March 2020 Children will go to school this morning and learn how remote learning is going to work for them. Two weeks of school closures will be joined by two weeks of…
Here come the holidays… Written by Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 25th July 2017 Photographs by Rachel Fox The end of July has come round all too quickly. We are all feeling the heat and humidity and the reservoirs are depleting. The water that washes us and our streets comes…
The Mystery of the Black Virgin By Robin Johnson www.greatmystery.org If you look at the website of the Santuari de Lluc, a place of national importance to Mallorca and its people, you are hard pressed to find any reference to La Moreneta, the black Madonna whose appearance in the 13th century resulted in the creation of the church…
