The hills slowly give way to the wide, open plain of the Alentejo. Lots of sky, lots of silence, and very little to distract you. You climb a little and descend a little, but height isn’t the problem today. The distance is.
It’s a day of around 38 kilometres, more than 10 hours of walking. There’s nowhere to sleep along the way, so you walk on to Beja. Take plenty of water and food with you, and err on the side of too much rather than too little. Today your rucksack is your only larder, so fill it before you set off, and start early enough to reach Beja in daylight.