There are viewing points in the hills throughout the county of Portel where the visitor can enjoy magnificent vistas across much of the region. These are places with hermitages, or villages that are authentic belvederes, places where you can appreciate the great diversity of landscape. Some of these viewing spots are situated in the mountains, with their wealth of different plant species; some in the yards of the modest hermitages perched on the hills (São Pedro, São Lourenço), and there is one on top of the keep of Portel’s castle. There are views that stretch over the crests of the mountains, across the lowlands and gentle slopes framed by the sheets of water of the reservoirs of Alvito (S.Bartolomeu de Outeiro) and Alqueva (Santo António de Alqueva and Mira Lagos), and across the town of Portel itself (Santa Catarina).

- The Keep of Portel Castle
- St Peter’s Church and Hermitage (4 km from Portel)
- St Catherine’s Hermitage
- Hermitage of São Lourenço (4 km from Portel)
- Village of São Bartolomeu do Outeiro
- Hermitage of Santo António de Alqueva
- Mira Lagos (view over the reservoir of Alqueva)