Spotlight on Soller | Soller Tourist Information | Soller Expat Directory
Welcome to the Mallorca Live the Dream, "Spotlight on Sóller" section. Sóller is a very special part of the island of Majorca and because of it's unique charms and character deserves it's very own section on our website. Within this Soller mini-site, we have provided you with detailed information about Sóller the tourist resort (what to see, where to go, what to do) plus a detailed expat directory for those lucky people who live in this beautiful location. This section is brand new and is a work in progress so please come back soon as we will be updating these pages every day.
SOLLER SPOTLIGHT
SOLLER TOP PICKS
Changing Places
Welcome to "Changing Places" by Shirley Roberts. Since 2006, Shirley has been writing a weekly article about her experience of relocating from North West London to Sóller and these can now be read within this section of Mallorca Live the Dream. If you are thinking about relocating to Mallorca, you will find Shirley's articles to be really informative and helpful and we hope that you enjoy reading them.
To read Shirley's relocation blog, go to Changing Places.
The Orange Express
The Orange Express links the town to the Port and this is a must do ride for anyone visiting the town. The highlight of the journey is the trip through the middle of Plaça Constitució, the main square and focal point of Sóller town. At times, the tram passes so close to people eating their meals in one of the numerous restaurants or cafés that you feel that you could reach out and grab something from the table! The tram itself is an import from San Francisco and the trip to the Port is very scenic as journey takes you through orange & lemon groves. A little expensive at 4 Euros for a single journey, but in our opinion, worth every cent!
Plaça Constitució
The main meeting point within Sóller and the place to "people watch" is the main square called the Plaça Constitució which is surrounded by cafés and has a fountain in its centre. On a beautiful sunny day, this really is somewhere where you can sit down, relax and watch the world go by. Facing the East side of the square is the church of Sant Bartomeu and the ajuntament (Town Hall) and the Banco de Sóller, all of these being very impressive buildings in their own right. From the Plaça, you can take any of the numerous cobbled and narrow streets to explore the town, which has some fantastic shops to explore.
Serra de Tramuntana
The Serra de Tramuntana is a mountain range running southwest-northeast which forms the northern backbone of the Spanish island of Majorca. Its highest peak is the Puig Major, which, at its 1,445 metres is the highest mountain in the Balearic Islands. The climate in the Tramuntana Range is markedly wetter than the rest of the island. It is also cooler due to the height and a few days of snow are not unusual during winter. It might surpise those who are used to walk across other mountain ranges, that over 90% of the Serra de Tramuntana is privately owned. The great estates of mallorca - which includes entire mountains - go back originally to the "share out" made by King Jaume I to the catalan feudal lords and knights who took part in the re-conquest of the island from the Moors in 1229.
Ferrocarril de Sóller
Ever since 1912 the Sóller railway has been running a daily train service along the 27.3 km route between Palma de Mallorca and Sóller, without interruption. The Sóller railway also stands out for the special, attractive route it runs along, overcoming the natural barrier of the Sierra de Alfàbia mountain range which is 2.8 km wide and 496 metres high. To do so, in just seven kilometres, the railway rises up 199 metres with an inclination of 23 millimetres, runs through thirteen longitudinal tunnels ranging in length from 33 to 2,876 metres, crosses over several bridges, the "cinc-ponts" viaduct which has five arches with spans 8 metres high and a great many bends, some with radii below 190 metres.