Tag: Sóller

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Rock’n Roll Heart: Ca’n Boqueta

Can Boqueta

The literal meaning of Sóller is golden valley. With its beautiful orchards, proud mansions, secluded gardens, and picturesque alleys Sóller surely is the heart of the Tramuntana. The starting point of many exciting hiking and cycling tours and the terminus of the historic train from Palma. In a quiet tree-lined street, a few steps away from the main plaza, Kiko Martorell runs his restaurant Ca’n Boqueta.  Its sunny terrace is surrounded by steep mountaintops. Sitting there after an extended…

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All aboard: El Tren de Sóller

El Tren de Sóller

Clickety-clack, clickety-clack – it’s the sound of a train in an old black and white film. But the setting is extremely colorful. Summer landscape is flying past the train windows while the mountains of the Tramuntana are luring in the background. More than one hundred years ago, the historic railroad connected Palma and Sóller. Until then, the two cities had only been accessible via the pass or by boat. Today the train itself is a reason to travel, the way is the goal. And of course, el tren…