Maria of the Marina Hotel in the Port of Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Sunday 27th November 2016 Written by Shirley Roberts Photographs by Rachel Fox When you are part of a Soller Hotel dynasty you have to make your individual mark. The crown has been created by others and its your…
Don’t miss the Train …By Shirley RobertsPublished in the Majorca Daily BulletinSunday 27th July 2014The Soller Train is our mascot and the number one tourist attraction on the island of Majorca . It is safe to say that Sollerics love their train and many of them have been brought up on the proceeds of it….
The Georgie Insull Singers – an inside story… Published in the Majorca Daily BulletinSunday 2nd November 2014Photographs by RACHEL FOX Georgie arrived in Majorca after travelling the world with her naval husband. Teaching in Australia and other places the Navy took them to gave her vast experience of releasing musical talent in choirs and…
· 18 May The story behind the PURPLE CROSS A regular walk for Sollerics is the wonderful uphill cliff walk to the Lighthouse from the Repic Beach. As you climb higher and higher you happen by a simple cross – a memorial of the past. Except that this is no ordinary memorial and still makes some…
Photograph by Rachel Fox At this time of year our thoughts and bodies are usually turned towards the beach. It is tempting to take a chair and sit with the gentle waves lapping your feet and the sounds of children playing. The overwhelming sense of fiestas and celebrations are making off with our plans and…
All about us ….Written by me for The Kentishtowner http://www.kentishtowner.co.uk/2013/10/25/free-weekend-escape-soller-mallorca/ Pictures by Rachel Fox My family are from Twisden road, Swain’s Lane and Queen’s Crescent. But a few years back we swapped countries and, in Soller, found “Kentish Town on the Med”. Yes, it’s what we actually call it: there are the same eccentric, vibrant…
Soller is a unique place on the Island of Mallorcawith special praise given to its location, beauty and heritage. The number of return visitors to this location speaks for itself and sometimes the place reaches saturation point with all the returners and new visitors to the Valley. Soller is known as the place which is…
The energy for the summer in the Soller Valley By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 4th July 2017 Photographs by Rachel Fox At the end of this incredibly busy week in our world we are just taking a five-minute rest. The Fiesta of San Pere has been keeping us going…
May 31 at 9:54 PM Summer is just around the corner in Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 2nd June 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox Three weeks are left to this academic year and the children are counting the days. As the exams come to an end schools try hard to keep the momentum…
ALAN SILLITOE of Soller… Saturday Night and Sunday Morning – published in 1958 Alan Sillitoe was born in 1928 in the manufacturing City of Nottingham.The workers of that industrial place were to be the inspiration for many of his works. Alan Sillitoe came to live in Mallorca on the back of a Military Pension like…
