This is one busy City and what you see is not necessarily what you get. The sun is shining and sub tropical temperatures this week created the Foeng effect. I am not making this up it is the description of weather when the temperature rises to unbearable limits, in our case 36’2 degrees Celsius at 3…
Nature would have been a big part of their wellbeing as it is to many of us today 2021-11-02 Palma By Neville James-Davies for The Majorca Daily Bulletin Neville James-Davies Jaume II had a son who suffered from asthma, so in 1309, in an attempt to help his son, Jaume II ordered a palace to…
The statue of Our Lady of Fatima arrived in Mallorca on Thursday 16th October 2014. The statue is one of the twelve pilgrim statues of Our Lady of Fatima (representing the twelve disciples). The image of Mary was said to have appeared to two children in Fatima in Portugal – Francisco and Jacinta. They…
All eyes on the Port of Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 24th March 2015 Photographs by RACHEL FOX The perfect horse shoe bay of the Port of Soller is very special to Sollerics. It is ‘our beach’ and as such it is well used. The work of the past few years has…
This is a landmark… By Shirley Roberts Photograph by Rachel Fox This article, once published to the Tramuntana section of the sollerweb website, will be a game changer. Not because the prose and spellings will be 100% but because we enter the ZONE. When Soller Shirley Facebook page came into existence 8 years ago it…
The day of Saint Ursula also known as The Feast of the Virgins On the evening of 20th October every year a young mans fancy turns to love in Soller. It is the day for declarations of love and roses. A guitar and some doughnuts wouldn’t go amiss … Let me explain Tradition says that…
Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin -Tuesday 22nd April 2014 What a different Easter it has been this year. The lateness of the season coming into the end of April guaranteed a weather pattern that its not normal for Easter. The hooded penitents often slosh about in rain and showers but not this year. The…
To celebrate BALEARIC DAY which is on Sunday March 1st we can enjoy the National Anthem of Majorca. La Balanguera” is the official anthem of the Balearic island of Majorca, Spain. The anthem is an adaptation of Joan Alcover i Maspons (1854–1926) poem based on an ancient and popular Majorcan children’s song. The music is…
By Soller Shirley Every town and village in Mallorca has a Church building. The Cathedral is in Palma and is a place visited as a tourist and worshipper by thousands every year. In Soller the biggest Church is in the Placa, St Bartholomew – known locally as the ‘Cathedral of the Mountains’. It is not…
DID YOU KNOW – You can vote in UK elections for 15 years after relocating to Spain You can register online at .https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote Before you start make sure you have 1. Your last address in the UK including full post code 2. Your National Insurance Number 3. Your Passport Number. The vote you are granted…