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The exit of Alcácer do Sal towards north seems a difficult task for those who travel by foot or bicycle. “Surrounded” by a motorway (A2) and a highway (IC1), on which the north exit’s road (N5) converges, and enclosed by extensive private properties that fill the spaces between these roads, there are no safe mobility solutions for the more sustainable forms of travel, which are walking and cycling. We get into the cork and holm oak forest, to reach the entrance gate of Herdade de Vale de Reis, with a large photoelectric power station on our right side. From now on, we face the remaining 7.5 km with tranquility and without much effort, along a road practically flat and without traffic, with biodiversity as a company. We also visit the parish church of São Martinho, Priory of the Order of Santiago, which established an agricultural estate here. They are waiting for us in the Parish Council.