By Rachel Fox Pics by Rachel Fox Legend has it that Robert Graves chose Mallorca as his home partly on the advice of Gertrude Stein… “Majorca is a paradise – if you can stand it”, she said. Mallorca became my paradise when I moved here 18 years ago, but now we are hanging on to our…
The Soller Firo takes over the Valley Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 12th May 2015 Photographs by RACHEL FOX This past weekend in Majorca there have been many events all over the island. Europe day, international football competitions and many more events besides. The Grand Opening of Son Amar for the summer season…
Sep 20 at 6:15 PM Soller -The Island within an Island Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 22nd September 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox The Soller Valley is in recovery mode from the thousands that descended on us this weekend for the Havaneres Festival. A three day celebration of the music of the exiled…
Polish the pistons and tune the carburetors in SollerPublished in the Majorca Daily bulletinTuesday 7th October 2014Photograph by RACHEL FOX The mountains of Soller have been overwhelmed this weekend and the race was on. ‘The Pujada of the Puig Mayor’ happens every year in October and this weekend they celebrated their 35th anniversary. This is…
The Fiesta of San Juan The eve of the Fiesta of St John held on 23rd June each year is a very special, magical, mystical night. It is known by many names including the Night of Fire, Night of the Witches or the Night of Magic. The link with the beginning of summer and the…
The mighty Soller Orange Published in the Majorca Daily bulletin on Tuesday 21st April 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox The oranges of the Soller Valley are unique as the micro climate they are created in provide the sweetest fruit. It is possible to buy completely untreated oranges in some local outlets and this is…
The Soller Tunnel is back to normal Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 3rd March 2015 Photographs by RACHEL FOX The Soller tunnel was cut through the Coll Mountain that had isolated the Hidden Valley in 1997. The journey time from the airport to Soller using the tunnel takes thirty minutes and to…
Summertime the Soller way… Published in the Majorca Daily BulletinTuesday 7th July 2015Photographs by Rachel Fox The summer is here and every week the planes are bringing old friends and new discoverers of the Soller Valley . The bucket and spade brigade are here and are made up of all the little ones who really…
Mary Lynn Gadosh Ohio to Soller – one way… Written by Shirley Roberts Photographs by Lynn Gadosh Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Sunday 4th December 2016 Lynn Gadosh is a name that many people of Majorca are familiar with. She turned up in Soller thirty years ago and stayed. Her early life was…