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Gold in the Soller Valley (Part 2)

January 17, 2014
by Jan Edwards
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Eat / Food

This is the second – and slightly edited – part of an article I had published in Food & Wine Journal in September 2013. Please see previous post to read the story from the beginning. In the late 20th century, Sóller’s fortunes began to improve – thanks to Franz Kraus, who had moved to Sóller from his native Germany. In 1994 Kraus founded Sa Fàbrica de Gelats – which produces high-quality artisan ice creams and sorbets, using local […]

Gold in the Soller Valley (Part 1)

January 15, 2014
by Jan Edwards
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Food

This is an edited version of my article published in Food & Wine Journal (quarterly), September 2013. Blinking in the bright sunlight, having emerged from the long dimly lit Sóller road tunnel, motorists see a roadside sign announcing their arrival in the ‘Valley of Oranges’. The sign is hardly necessary: for a large part of the year it’s impossible to miss the profusion of citrus fruit trees – laden with oranges or lemons – growing in Mallorca’s Sóller […]