Soller: All about the perfect Horseshoe Bay Puerto Soller is one of the few ports of safety in Mallorca Written by Shirley Roberts with pics by Rachel Fox Puerto Soller. | Rachel Fox – Pics, Written by Shirley Roberts Soller June 2022 The Soller Valley has the sea, mountains and a great town in Soller….
Richard Harding came to Majorca this week to celebrate his 80th birthday. Nothing unusual in that, you might think, many people come here for special occasions. What makes Richard stand out is how he was preparing to celebrate his special birthday. The celebration dinner was a given but a 3000 metre swim starting at 6…
Today I am responding to kind readers who have asked me for ideas for a trip to London. My Nan’s Days Out take place in all sorts of sites from Majorca to Cornwall to London. London is the one many want to know about apart from the huge interest in our adventures round Majorca. London…
Interview of Shirley Roberts by Veu de Soller Shirley Roberts is a British woman in love with Soller. In 2003 she moved to the village, where she lives near her daughter, son-in-law and three granddaughters. She, along with Tracey Ivell, is the creator and writer of the “SollerWeb” website, read by thousands of people daily. It is an…
We wake up each day to a new reality with no events or gatherings to look forward to. The children went to school on Friday and then came home with the contents of their desks and many extra books. I would have hated to weigh their school bags. The instructions for my 10-year-old granddaughter was…
By Shirley Roberts The North West coast of Majorca holds many treasures. From Valldemossa, the coast road to the Port of Soller is a journey of the world. Take that turn and the delights which Arch Duke Luis Salvador of Austria found here all those years ago remain and have been extended. The Archduke was…
Summer Schools in the Soller Valley The school holidays in Mallorca start around the 19th June 2015 and the autumn term starts mid September 2015. This means that students in schools in Mallorca have a twelve week summer break. This is a challenge for most families where the parents are working flat out as it…
The drums were the first possessions that arrived in Soller when this couples relocation brought them to the Hidden Valley. Native New Yorkers with a dream to find the perfect place for the explosion of art and music in their lives. A couple of Art Student kids who met at the famous ‘Art Students League…
AUGUST the maddest of months …Today is the start of the grouse shooting season in the UK. ‘The Glorious 12th ‘is the title given to this date and it means something in country houses and estates of the moneyed sets. The shoot is a way to have a summer house party with your friends and goes…
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BELMOND LA RESIDENCIABelmond La Residencia in Deià is among the best 100 holiday retreats worldwide in the 18th Annual BILANZ Hotel Rating.Bilanz is the prestigious leading Swiss business magazine covering all facets of economic affairs. Every year it publishes a review on hotels worldwide and Belmond La Residencia features as one of…
