Sóller will attract international attention in August 2026 as travellers arrive to experience the solar eclipse.
But the island does not end when the sky becomes bright again.
The eclipse brings people to Mallorca; Sóller gives them a reason to extend their stay.
For visitors staying beyond Mallorca Eclipse Week, Sóller offers another way to experience the island: through photography, performance, music, architecture and local culture.
From 20 to 23 August 2026, the historic Capella de Ses Escolàpies will host Sóller Mirades i Diàlegs, a four-day cultural programme connecting analogue photography, digital images, audiovisual creation, movement and live music.
Located only a few minutes from Sóller’s main square, the chapel will become a meeting point for local residents, artists and international visitors.
Staying in Mallorca after Eclipse Week?
Explore the full programme for Sóller Mirades i Diàlegs.
Extend your Mallorca Eclipse Week experience
The 2026 eclipse will be an exceptional reason to travel to Mallorca. However, visitors who remain on the island after Eclipse Week will have the opportunity to discover a quieter and more intimate side of Sóller.
The week following the eclipse is ideal for slowing down, exploring the valley and moving beyond the island’s most familiar tourist attractions.
Sóller Mirades i Diàlegs has been designed for precisely this moment.
Rather than presenting a conventional exhibition, the programme activates the historic chapel through a different artistic intervention each day. Visitors can attend the full programme or simply join one of the evening events while staying in Sóller, Port de Sóller, Deià or elsewhere in the Serra de Tramuntana.
A historic space brought back to life
The Capella de Ses Escolàpies is a distinctive historic space in central Sóller.
Its long interior, wooden galleries, twisted columns and pointed arches offer an unusual setting for contemporary artistic work. Photography can be viewed from different heights, while projection, movement and music can transform the perception of the architecture.
During the programme, the chapel will not simply provide a background for the artworks. It will become part of the experience.
Natural light, evening shadows, projected images, fabrics, movement and sound will interact with the building and invite visitors to experience it differently each day.
Thursday 20 August: nighttime opening
Opening hours: 9:30 pm–11:00 pm
The programme begins on Thursday evening with the opening of the exhibition.
The later schedule allows visitors to arrive after dinner and experience the chapel at night, when changes in light create a different relationship between the building and the images on display.
The opening will introduce a dialogue between analogue and digital photography.
Analogue photography is associated with material, patience, uncertainty and physical memory. Digital photography offers immediacy, circulation, manipulation and almost unlimited reproduction.
Displayed together, they raise a simple but important question: how has technology changed the way we look at places, people and ourselves?
Friday 21 August: a performance from the square
Opening hours: 8:00 pm–11:00 pm
On Friday evening, the exhibition will move beyond the walls of the chapel.
An artist carrying and working with a large piece of fabric will begin a performance near Sóller’s main square. Through movement and visual intervention, she will guide members of the public from the square towards Ses Escolàpies.
The walk will become part of the artwork.
Once inside the chapel, the performance will connect with the photographs and images exhibited in the space, creating a dialogue between body, fabric, architecture and visual memory.
For visitors, it will also offer an unusual way to discover the route between Sóller’s lively central square and one of its lesser-known historic interiors.
Saturday 22 August: Sóller by day and by night
Morning opening: 10:00 am–2:00 pm
Evening opening: 9:30 pm–11:00 pm
Saturday offers two different ways to experience the exhibition.
During the morning, the chapel will be open for visitors who prefer to explore the works slowly and in daylight.
The exhibition will present different perspectives on Mallorca: images created from Sóller, images directed towards Sóller and interpretations of the island shaped by both local and international viewpoints.
The morning session is particularly suitable for travellers exploring Sóller’s market, historic centre, citrus gardens and local shops.
Evening audiovisual projection
At 9:30 pm, the chapel will host an audiovisual projection contrasting analogue and digital ways of producing and experiencing images.
The work will explore:
- the difference between waiting and immediacy;
- photographic material and digital screens;
- archives, memory and transformation;
- changing representations of Mallorca;
- the relationship between heritage and technology.
The darkness of the chapel will allow the projection to become immersive, temporarily changing how visitors perceive both the images and the building.
Sunday 23 August: music, movement and image
Performance begins at 8:30 pm
Approximate duration: one hour
The programme concludes on Sunday evening with a live musical performance developed in dialogue with the exhibition.
Music, voice and movement will interact with the photographs and the architecture of the chapel.
Rather than functioning as an independent concert, the performance will bring together the artistic languages explored during the previous days: still images, moving bodies, projected light, sound, memory and place.
It will offer a final opportunity to experience the exhibition through a different sensory perspective.
From oranges to technology: the four transformations of Sóller
Our history can be understood through four major transformations: oranges, textiles, tourism and technology.
- The valley’s citrus trade connected Sóller with international markets and helped shape its landscape, economy and identity.
- Textile factories later introduced new forms of industry, work and urban development.
- Tourism opened the valley to travellers from across Europe and transformed how Sóller presented itself to the outside world.
- Technology now represents another turning point. Images circulate instantly, visitors plan experiences digitally and local stories can reach a global audience.
These four stages are not separate chapters. They form one continuous story of adaptation and exchange.
Sóller Mirades i Diàlegs uses art to examine that story from the present.
Discover Sóller beyond the usual itinerary
Many visitors know us for its historic train, Modernist architecture, mountain scenery, orange groves and the nearby Port de Sóller.
Those are essential parts of the valley, but Sóller also has a growing contemporary cultural identity.
An event such as Mirades i Diàlegs allows visitors to enter a historic building, meet local creators and encounter Mallorca through perspectives that are not usually included in a standard tourist itinerary.
It can also form part of a wider stay combining:
- the Sóller Citrus Route;
- walks through the orange valley;
- local gastronomy;
- the historic centre and market;
- Port de Sóller;
- Deià and the Serra de Tramuntana;
- cultural activities taking place after Eclipse Week.
How to reach the Capella de Ses Escolàpies
The Capella de Ses Escolàpies is located on Carrer del Bisbe Mateu Colom, a short walk from Plaça de la Constitució in central Sóller.
Walking from the main square is the easiest option, particularly for the evening programme.
The route also allows visitors to pass through the historic centre and discover streets that are often missed by those who remain only around the tram and the main square.
Practical information
Sóller Mirades i Diàlegs
Capella de Ses Escolàpies
Carrer del Bisbe Mateu Colom, Sóller
Dates: 20–23 August 2026
Thursday 20 August: 9:30 pm–11:00 pm
Friday 21 August: 8:00 pm–11:00 pm
Saturday 22 August: 10:00 am–2:00 pm and 9:30 pm–11:00 pm
Sunday 23 August: closing musical performance at 8:30 pm
Plan your post-eclipse stay in Sóller
Mallorca Eclipse Week may be the reason many travellers arrive on the island in August 2026.
Sóller offers a reason to stay longer.
Through landscape, food, local history and contemporary culture, the valley provides an experience that extends beyond a single astronomical event.
Explore the full Mirades i Diàlegs programme and use the web to plan a deeper journey through the valley.
Discover citrus landscape, local creators and historic streets.
Explore the Sóller Citrus Route