Melides, Setúbal Municipality

Rustic land of 50 ha ( 500 000 m2), made up of cork oak forest (cork) 22 ha, native forest with 27 ha where for example we have oak, strawberry trees, cistus and an agricultural dependency.In terms of cork, around 5, 000 arrobas are harvested.The land has several water lines, a fantastic view over the entire Alentejo coastline, and an agricultural dependency in ruins.In terms of land use planning, the land is not covered by the National Agricultural Reserve (RAN) or the National Ecological Reserve (REN).Edificability in Agricultural Areas allows for buildings to support agricultural, livestock and forestry activities (e.g. the owner-farmer's own home); recreational and leisure facilities; collective use equipment and infrastructures. The land is located 6 km from the IC 33, 6 minutes by car from the village of Melides, 10 minutes from Melides Beach and Melides Lagoon, and 20 minutes from Aberta Nova Beach.Melides is a parish in the municipality of Grndola, located on the coastal strip of the Alentejo coast, with excellent beaches (Melides, Gal, Vigia, Aberta nova), and lagoons (Melides and Santo Andr), a very typical and quiet village. In addition to the fantastic, beautiful beaches, there are also hiking trails in the Serra de Grndola, along rural paths, along going to the source trails, along ridges of rare beauty, along fresh streams, paths that connect the people of the mountains to the coast and the lagoon, for those who prefer nature to the beach.The climate is temperate-continental Mediterranean, with hot summers and cold winters with frosts, and little and irregular rainfall.From a relief point of view, it has two distinct zones: on the coast, the heathlands predominate, with low fertility, occupied by pine and eucalyptus forests, and interspersed with two agriculturally attractive floodplains - Fontanhas and, especially, the Melides floodplain, where rice cultivation abounds; - in the rest of the area, the mountains predominate, occupied by cork oak forests and some pine forests, mainly tame.The population of Melides is spread across the three sectors of activity, although it is true that the older generation still finds its main means of subsistence in the income from the fields (agriculture, livestock and forestry).