By Shirley Roberts Puerto Soller is a genuine fishing village at the Marina end of the Port. ‘Santa Catalina’ is its name, and it has the most quintessential route of higgledy piggledy uphill streets and small houses. Once the homes of fishermen and women, port workers and now mix of local residents and second homeowners. Puerto Soller…
Are we Human in the Soller Valley? By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 20th June 2017 Photographs by Rachel Fox In developing the ‘Humans of Mallorca’ brand here I have had some great adventures and spoken to ordinary people with extraordinary stories. One lady who works at the Airport told…
Moving around the Soller Valley Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 30th June 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox The Fiesta of San Pere marks the change in the calendar that many people love in Soller. It is the sign that summer has really started and we can party and stay up late until autumn. …
The week that was in the Soller Valley Written by Shirley Roberts Photographs by Rachel Fox Published in the Majorca Daily bulletin on Tuesday 9th May 2017 We are in in the week of countdown to the Soller Firo. Every day there is a happening and the intensity builds to Thursday when life morphs into…
Soller moves into 2015 Published in the Majorca Daily BulletinTuesday 6th January 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox Local news is often in short supply during the extended holiday period as it is assumed that people are too busy with their own celebrations to want to keep up to date. So in this context it is…
Marc Martinez / A chef of Fornalutx By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Sunday 13th March 2016 Marc is one of the children of the Soller Valley who watched their grandparents prepare food works of art. His Solleric family owned the Costa D’Or Hotel in Lluc Alcari near Deia which has been…
This area is known for its fabulous bucolic views over orange orchards and olive groves Pic of Torre Picada with moors and christians flags… View of Sa Figuera. | Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts Soller 19/05/2022 11:02 Day trips are easy on this island as most places can be accessed in an hours drive. In my…
Life’s a beach on Sunday Morning…Have a look around if if you are heading to the beach today. Apart from all the milky white new arrivals who are desperate for the sun there will be all the little children covered head to toe in the sun avoidance suits. The English visitors have this market cornered and…
Soller in its Dog Days of Summer Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 16th August 2016 Photographs by Rachel Fox The ‘Dog Days’ are the hottest and most unwholesome time of the year according the calendar. My long forgotten Latin tells me that Sirius, the Dog Star is responsible for the time between…
The Soller Football Club ground is 97 years old this year – its birthday is on August 24th. The stadium was built in the centre of town about 5 minutes walk from the town square. Of course when it was built it was on the outskirts of town but these days the urban sprawl has…
