Alcácer do Sal became mythical because of its beauty, the rice fields that surround the Sado River and the influx of people that were felt here.
Ponto de atração turística, é um dos locais mais visitados no concelho – Cais Palafítico da Carrasqueira – Concelho de Alcácer do Sal – Alentejo
The Council of Alcácer do Sal is the second largest in the country. It is divided into four parishes: Comporta, São Martinho, Torrão and União das Freguesias de Alcácer do Sal (Santa Maria do Castelo and Santiago) and Santa Susana; the municipality is crossed by the Sado River and, in part, is part of the Sado Estuary Nature Reserve; this reserve is developed along about 23,160 hectares, most of which corresponds to wetlands, including canals, creeks and marshes; more rural than urban, it is attractive to tourists who dazzles in contact with nature. Extensive rice fields embellish its fields.
Not to be missed
- Porto de pesca palafítico da Carrasqueira, na freguesia da comporta
- Santa Susana; a cidade de Alcácer do Sal
- Praias
- Entre o Torrão e Vila Nova de Baronia, a Ermida de Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso
- A Herdade do Pinheiro