CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BELMOND LA RESIDENCIABelmond La Residencia in Deià is among the best 100 holiday retreats worldwide in the 18th Annual BILANZ Hotel Rating.Bilanz is the prestigious leading Swiss business magazine covering all facets of economic affairs. Every year it publishes a review on hotels worldwide and Belmond La Residencia features as one of…
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…
HOLY WEEK – AS IT UNFOLDS Written by Debra Reynolds Our Religious Affairs Correspondent Saturday 4th April – Holy Saturday Holy Saturday is the final day of Lent, Holy Week and the Easter Triduum. As on the Friday, there is no Mass offered on this day. The Easter Vigil Mass, which takes place after sundown…
Nina, Matt and Glace moustache – a story of Soller country folk… Published in Majorca Daily Bulletin Sunday 3rd April 2016 The shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes in Stockwell, London in 2005 was the trigger that brought Nina and Matt to Soller. The horror of the killing and the aftermath for those living nearby…
We are still searching for Karlo’s Angelby Shirley RobertsThere is a taxi driver in Palmanova who is an ‘Angel’ and there are many people who want to thank him. On Thursday 6th September 2012 our Angel came across Karlo in serious distress. Karlo is a talented female impersonator and entertainer of Majorca. He exploded onto…
By Shirley Roberts and Pics by Gary Lloyd Rees The location under the Puig Mayor and the Alfabia ridge means that nature in all its majesty is evident every which way you turn in Fornalutx . Its cultural heritage lies in its existence, pre the Conquest of Majorca in 1229, of a thriving manufacturing community. Its…
Photographs of Soller and Fornalutx The Eyes of Time (Ulls dels Temps) Mallorca 1956 – 1970 photographs by Tom and Cordelia Weedon is an exhibition that captures a way of life that was on the cusp of change before tourism took off. Tom’s photographs are some of the last photographs he took before he died…
Sollerweb – What is it? A radio interview took us to a new place this week as Sollerweb has become a bit of a news item all of its own. An American radio station called us to ask about the growth of our local website. They had been charting our progress and reading the blogs…
The Monastery of the Capelleta Santa MariaD’Olivar 28th June 2014 This is the week of discovery of this place accessed from the main road between Soller and Lluch. The sign to the right on the road says ‘Santa Maria D’Olivar’ and a cobbled road leads to a most unlikely car park. An ecclesiastical building with…
Havaneres, Gin, Chickens and more in SollerPublished in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 16th September 2014Photograph by RACHEL FOX The Soller Valley is awash with gin and tonic and experts. We have watched at fiestas when the hospitality kings of the Tourism University have demonstrated the art of preparing the ultimate drink. Special swizzle sticks to…
