Between São Torpes and Burgau (Alentejo Coast and Western Algarve), the Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park encompasses the municipalities of Sines, Odemira, Aljezur, and Vila do Bispo, as well as a strip of sea approximately 2 kilometers long-running parallel to the coast. Expressions such as "sandy beaches," "rocky coastline," "cliffs and islets," and "veins of water flowing into the sea" used in the same sentence are synonymous with the Vicentine Coast and Southwest Alentejo.

Island off the coast of Alentejo, near the locality of Porto Covo. Part of the Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina. On the island there is a Fort built by Philip III in 1603.