What happened to the Class of 2015? By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 19th January 2016 Photographs by Rachel Fox The Soller Valley receives a new intake of individuals and families each year. Some of them have spent many holidays here before deciding to relocate. Others have arrived because they have…
FIRO – the battle is on… Full story on this link http://www.sollerweb.com/MDBSUPPLEMENTS/firospecial.pdf Read the story of the FIRO and the full programme of the eventsfrom now until the end of May 2017 right here – on this link fromthe Majorca Daily Bulletin. http://www.sollerweb.com/MDBSUPPLEMENTS/firospecial.pdf Firo photographic album from Gary Lloyd Rees Photographs in the Firo Supplement from…
T The war games of a Mallorcan tycoon How business magnate Juan March played off the Allies and Germans in WWI to grow his empire MANUEL MORALES 20 AGO 2014 – 13:47 CEST Recomendar en Facebook6 Twittear15 Enviar a LinkedIn0 Enviar a TuentiEnviar a Eskup EnviarImprimirGuardar Multi-millionaire businessman Juan March in Estoril, Portugal, in 1943. / CAN VERGA…
For 2023, the Palma Christmas light switch-on will be held on Thursday 23 November. This will coincide with the Black Friday Sales starting in Mallorca on the following day. Christmas Markets 2023 Plaza Mayor, Plaza Mercat, La Rambla and the Park of the Stations (moved this year from Placa Espana). These will be open from the…
Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin – Tuesday 1st April 2014 April sees the start of the ‘spring’ changes to the timetable of the Soller Tram and Train. The most important change to the Tram is that it reinstates the 7am service from Soller to the Port. This early tram takes people to work and…
By Soller Shirley The visitors will leave and make decisions on whether they will return. Some residents have enjoyed shaking the tourism tree to see how many oranges will drop off and not return. Some of them have genuine concerns for the future of the islands and some just love to be spikey, and antagonistic….
Mar 29 at 9:10 PM Welcome to our Soller world Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 31st March 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox The Soller Valley has woken up to sunshine and Easter visitors. The supermarket car park is overflowing and the slow traffic behind pods of cyclists is a fact of life again. The…
By Soller Shirley Whichever side is emphasised will always limit the interest. The reasons some new arrivals are here is rarely the whole truth. Many recent arrivals are migrants. They have left economic disasters and war zones and found their way here. Some are refugees and many are asylum seekers. The reason many Russians have…
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…
Shimbika Classes are happening in Soller and in Palma 2021-11-25 Palma By Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts I meet so many inspirational people on this island. I have the best job in the world and it is my privilege to share with you their stories. This week I have been talking to Bruna Martin and learnt…
