Editor's Update: Potentially cancelled due to COVID-19
Sóller, Port de Sóller and Fornalutx – also known as the Valley of the Orange, will celebrate their namesake with Fira de la Taronja (Festival of the Orange) on March 28 – April 5. Organized by the Ajuntement de Sóller, the celebration will include a variety of festivities, workshops, exhibitions, taste-testing, contests and live music. A handful of restaurants in Soller and Port de Soller will offer affordable (€ 23), special menus featuring orange and citrus ingredients.
Select activities in Soller:
Friday, March 20
6:00pm – 8:00pm: Cooking workshop for children. Location: Almeda. Organized by Cook & Play. Price € 6. Information and registrations on the tel. 628138090 and in the mail: [email protected](walk-in registrations if space allows).
7:00pm: ORANGE NIGHT. Gastro-orange tasting and live music.
7:00pm: Beginning of route for TAPES AND PINKS WITH CITRUS - skewer or lid + drink, € 5 - (in participating establishments). Location: Square and center of Sóller.
7:00pm: Live music, with the EMPELTATS, SE TREMPA and SONATS groups.
9:00pm: Delivery of the Gold Medal of the Agricultural Cooperative of Sant Bartomeu. Location: Sunset Center of the Cooperativa de Sóller.
Saturday, March 21
10:00am – 4:00pm: XIV FAIR OF THE ORANGE OF THE VALLEY OF SÓLLER. Location: Plaza Constitution
- Exhibition of varieties of citrus fruit, by the Cooperativa Agrícola (on display at the entrance of the Town Hall from March 22 to April 5)
- Orange Market with orange and citrus products
- Show and sell citrus related products
- Soller Craft Market
- Sample and sale of traditional products and crafts
- Gastronomic and trade show in the Plaza Constitución, Mercat Municipal and shopping streets
- ROUTE OF TAPES AND PINKS WITH CITRUS -pinco or lid + drink, 5 € (in affiliated establishments.
10:00am – 4:00pm: Cooking workshop for children. Location: Almeda, Organized by Cook & Play. Cost: € 6. Information and registrations on the tel. 628138090 and in the mail: [email protected](walk-in registrations if space allows).
10:00am – 1:00pm: Box office day at the MUSEUM OF SÓLLER (C Sa Mar, 9).
11:30am: OPENING OF THE FAIR. By Ms. Lucia Oliver Coll (Godmother of the Fair), Authorities and Brave Women.
11:30am – 4:00pm: Select tastings with orange and citrus fruits. Location: Pl. Constitution. Cost: € 3. By: Aimia Hotel & Airecel Restaurant, Can Gata, Ca'n Pinxo, Don Pedro Café Bistró, Gran Hotel Sóller, Restaurant Es Canyís, Restaurant El Guia (Ca's Pentinador) and Sa Cuina d'en Marc.
12:00pm: Counting of oranges contest, "QUANTES TARONGES TENC". Location: Pl. Constitution. With the special collaboration of MIQUEL MONTORO.
1:00pm: Canoneta de Sóller 2020 Competition. Location: Pl. Constitution. (Information and registrations in the Agricultural Cooperative, tel. 971 63 02 94).
2:00pm: Proclamation of contest winners and finalists.
2:30pm – 4:00pm: Concert with AnimAcústicA.
4:00pm: Guided tour. “Hydraulic heritage of Sóller,” by Miquel Gual. Meeting place: Town Hall. Price: € 5. Reservations at [email protected] or by phone 971 63 84 58.
Sunday, March 22
10:00am – 2:00pm: Variety of local shows of "Orange" and guided visit to orchards of orange and citrus cultivation, by Josep Mora Serra, specialist in citrus fruits. Location: Center Sunset. A Local Variety Association initiative and funded by FOGAIBA Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Registration on the phone: 971 63 02 94 (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm), [email protected]
10:00am – 4:00pm: Soller Craft Market. Sample and sale of handicrafts, traditional and Orange products.
Thursday, March 26
5:00pm: Conference of Citrus Fertilization, by ANA QUIÑONES, IVIA researcher, specializing in the study of the fertilization of citrus fruits. Location: Sunset of the Cooperative of Sant Bartomeu. Co-funded by FOGAIBA-Conselleria of Agriculture and Fisheries, City Council of Sóller and Hotel Association of Sóller.
Saturday, March 28:
10:00am – 4:00pm: FAIR OF THE ORANGE OF THE VALLEY OF SÓLLER, in the Constitution Square
- Orange Market with orange and citrus products
- Show and sell citrus related products
- Soller Craft Market
- Sample and sale of traditional products and crafts
- Gastronomic and trade show in the Plaza Constitución, Mercat Municipal in shopping streets.
- ROAD OF TAPES AND PINKS WITH CITRUS -pinco or lid + drink, € 5 - (at adhered establishments)
10:00am – 1:00pm: Day of reverse ticket office in MUSEU DE SÓLLER (Carrer de Sa Tue, 9)
10:00am – 4:00pm: Cooking workshop for children. Location: Almeda, Organized by Cook & Play. Cost: € 6. Information and registrations on the tel. 628138090 and in the mail: [email protected](walk-in registrations if vacancies).

Source: Ajuntement de Sóller
Time and date
Friday, March 20, 2020.
Address
Sóller, Spain
Organizer
Ajuntament de Soller
Event website
ajsoller.net/ca/noticies/xiv-fira-i-jornades-gastronomiques-de-la-taronja-de-la-vall-de-soller