Blog – Hotel Bonsol

Estate, un’estate fa e la chiamano estate…

May 27, 2024

Let’s start with the title, or rather the titles, as the title of this article is inspired by ..

“BONSOUL” THE WORD IS THE IDEA

May 23, 2024

A few days ago I read in the ‘corriere della sera’ an interview with Maria Franca Fissolo, widow of Michele Ferrero, the inventor of Nutella

SUN FOR THE BODY, PEACE FOR THE SPIRIT, WARMTH IN THE HEART…

May 13, 2024

Twenty years and one day, that is the time I have spent entering and leaving the different production centers of Italian public television. I was

SOROLLA. TRAVELLING TO PAINT.

Jun 10, 2024

Joaquín Sorolla is considered one of the greatest exponents of Spanish Impressionist painting. To mark the centenary of the Valencian artist’s death, the Consell de Mallorca is presenting an exclusive exhibition of 12 works that the painter produced during his stay on the island.

THE FUTURE IS GOING BACK

July 5, 2024

One of the fundamental rules of writing is to make oneself understood by one’s readers, never leaving anything to be taken for granted. For the uninitiated, CONDE NAST…

DISCONNECT TO RECONNECT.

July 15, 2024

I happened to read in a specialised magazine that the new frontier of tourism is disconnection. This is more or less clear to everyone, those who go on holiday want to relax and rest from the stress of work, traffic and the hectic pace of urban life or simply enjoy a good time with the family…

THIS IS NOT A FAN

July 22, 2024

Allow me to refer to a beautiful creation of LA MORENITA by quoting a very famous painting by René Magritte from 1929, which has become an icon of pop culture: ‘Ceci n’est pas une pipe’ (This is not a pipe).

FEEDBACK without BACK...

July 29, 2024

A few days ago I was having lunch with a friend in one of the most emblazoned establishments on the island, I won’t mention the name so as not to influence future judgements or ideas which in my opinion cannot be judged with just one visit

SOUVENIR

August 06, 2024

Today we are examining a word dear to me, SOUVENIR, because besides being the title of a beautiful song (which few people know), the word in itself reminds me of travelling.

GIFT PSYCHOLOGY

August 23, 2024

A gift is always a pleasure and is in some respects a universal word, there are different ways to define a gift in the language of each country.

The resilience of Mallorcan goats in the Sierra de Tramuntana.

September 02, 2024

A few days ago I was driving my car on the motorway towards Antratx, at the Palmanova exit I noticed some cars slowing down, as an urban man, used to city traffic, I thought of an accident, but the cause of this momentary queue of cars was the crossing of a pedestrian, or rather an animal.

Bon Sol

September 12, 2024

Sun for the body, who knows, maybe that’s what Don Antonio Xamena thought when he looked out to sea from the top of the small promontory of Illetas. In the 1950s, all that part of the coast was undeveloped, that house on the hill was the only visible construction, the rest was untouched nature.

BALEARIC HANDICRAFTS

September 27, 2024

During a dinner at a friends’ house, I came across an old book on craftsmanship in Mallorca, an authentic guide – complete with addresses and names – listing many of the ancient trades present in the island’s local communities, small businesses dedicated to the production of excellent agri-food products, typical crafts, from wood to leatherwork, from ceramics to wrought iron, which formed the maps of a genuine cultural heritage.

PALMA DE MAIORCA (PALM OF MAIORCA)

October 03, 2024

What I am going to share with you today is a beautiful story, and what makes stories beautiful (apart from the content) it is always the details. Let’s start with the name of the Italian town, which most people won’t know much about, Ascoli Piceno, a small town in central Italy. Then we take the name of the leading actor in Ridley Scott’s famous film Gladiator, Russell Crowe, and finally that of my friend from Ascoli, Pierfrancesco, with whom I shared university in Bologna and by pure chance met again after twenty years here in Mallorca as a restaurateur, with a beautiful chiringuito on the beach.