BOAT RADIO sets sail from the Port of Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Sunday 8th May 2016 By Shirley Roberts Mike McDowall is a name you might have heard of if you are a lover of Radio, particularly Radio 4 and World Service. His career has spanned twenty-five years, beginning with hospital radio in…
In 2022 Poetisa Fca Alcover is a Street to watch. By Shirley Roberts Pics by Gary Lloyd Rees Poetissa Fca Alcover is named after a woman – A poet and a very special lady of her generation. She died in 1954 and is revered in the Soller Valley This used to be the main…
Winter Weddings in Mallorca By Shirley Roberts This beautiful island plays host to hundreds of weddings every year and is the venue of choice for people from all over Europe and beyond. They all know that unless they are getting married as Catholics they have to legally marry in their home country and use the…
Look at the signs in Soller Written by Shirley Roberts Photographs by Rachel Fox Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 21st February 2017 So much change in the air as the tourist season starts in Soller this week. The collection of Cafes that enclose our City square are all re opening and new…
Mar 15 at 7:50 PM Eurovision touches the Soller Valley Published in the Majorca Daily bulletin Tueasday 16th march 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox The Eurovision song contest is an excuse for a party. The television is on in the corner of the bar as friends gather to analyse the performances and costumes. The voting…
We reserve the right to change our mind in Soller The Mayor of Soller is an important person here who is highly visible and approachable. He is often to be found chatting to the public or having coffee with the older generation who constantly hold him to account. When he goes on holiday it is…
Hidden Valley – Interesting facts of the weekFigures published this week state that 36.5% of properties in Mallorca are owned by foreigners.ABC Mallorca, in one of their articles have lifted the lid on the developments planned for the Port of Soller They say ‘In the natural harbour of Puerto de Sóller, apartments used to be…
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,…
No 11 on the Times Newspapers list of 50 best hotels in the Med 2015 Set within a classical 100 year-old mansion house designed by one of Gaudi’s protégés, L’Avenida is in the centre of beautiful Soller, two minutes from the bustling town square, yet surrounded by the towering peaks of the Tramuntana mountains. L’Avenida…
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…
