The Batucada – The Sound of Soller in 2014 A year ago the music of the BATUCADA burst on to the Soller scene. Street music, party music and much more. The simple definition of Batucada would be a percussion jam session, but that doesn’t begin to describe the awesome power a tight ensemble is capable…
Full Headers Printable Vi The dawn chorus wakes us in Soller early these summer mornings. The sudden change in the weather and the departure of the North wind has been greeted with incredulity in the Soller Valley. One minute we’re moaning about the nights being cold for this time of year and then Africa sends us…
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…
Ronald was an adventurer from the Netherlands. I say was, because these days he is to be found in downtown Soller living a busy productive life. Even adventurers have to find their place in the universe in the end. He left his native Netherlands when he was 23 and headed for the world of South…
Mid September brings the crowds Published in the Majorca Daily BulletinTuesday 20th September 2016 Photograph by Rachel Fox The Soller Tram has finished its Nit Tram schedule and is back to the normal timetable. The people really enjoy the late night trams of the summer and this year there is a special poignancy. The rumbles…
We really enjoyed the Isla Theatre Project’s production ofA Christmas Carol We joined a full house in the Theatro Sans last night and were transported into a magnificent theatrical experience. The cast are superb, the singing is wonderfuland the set design amazing. The use of the space in this intimate theatre was put to great use…
A PLETHORA OF FIESTAS Late August and early September bring the FIESTA season of the HIDDEN VALLEY to a climax. The following dates for your diary should be entered in red. This is the wildest time of the year and the momentum builds until the autumn days begin to arrive and the summer subsides. 15,16…
An interesting perspective taken from Majorca Magazinby Gabriele Kunz Photograph from Ultima Hora Smugglers have the flair of romanticism. The best example of this is the opera “Carmen”. Smugglers stripes – supposedly – through the mountains, crossing borders, disregard the current rules, all have freedom in the world. How much of the smuggling – at…
HERE COMES WINTER – In Soller – on Wednesday 26th March The temperature is on its way down by 12 degrees from yesterday. SNOW will fall above 900 metres and a little lower down it will RAIN. Heavy bursts of rainfall are expected with hail stones mixed in. Due to start around midday today and…
WEST TO NORTHWEST MALLORCA A little information for our visitors By Shirley Roberts The west coast of Mallorca has a uniqueness not given too many places. It is a UNESCO heritage site in honour of the Moorish influence of the past on the water collection of the area. The Tramuntana Mountains in all their glory…
