Silk and sun in Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 28th October 2014 Photograph by RACHEL FOX The story of Soller’s textile past is told in many places including Soller Museum . The factories that toiled away for 24 hours a day are part of a different era and consigned to the…
As our City fills with locals, visitors, holiday makers, tourists and strangers take a minute to consider this. The Spanish peninsula and its islands are foreign, in a sense in which France, Italy, Germany and Scandinavia are not. These countries represent near neighbours whom we have often talked with over the garden wall. This is…
Stone Walling Soller style Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 20th October 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox The journey to Soller to and from the Palma direction is complicated at the moment and will continue to be so for a few more months. An amazing amount of work is happening on the main…
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…
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. …
By Shirley Roberts ‘Nan’s days out’ have been a feature of my life since I became a ‘Nan’. I was very young at the time… My granddaughters, niece, nephews, Godchildren and other lovely friend’s children, have accompanied me on many of them. From trips to the Zoo in London, to the razzamatazz of Christmas Fairs…
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 Soller Shirley The class of 2022 have imaginative, innovative people amongst them, and this is the story of one couple. Jamie, Constanze and little Athea are new arrivals to the Soller Valley. They love this world and their rural life, 15 minutes from the centre of Soller. They are embracing everything and determined to…
Back in the day – Soller reminiscences Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin The streets of Soller are full and the Port of Soller is jumping. The height of the season for the whole island and holiday memories are being made by the hour. Apart from the extremities of the weather I really love August…
OF ALL THE PLACES WE ADVERTISE IT IS SOLLERWEB THAT GIVES THE BEST RESULTS This was the unsolicited testimonial from Bill Webb of Webbs International Removal Company today. Webbs are based in Santa Ponca but they work island wide and spend a lot of their time packing and unpacking in the Soller Valley. Many of…