Learn Spanish (Latin America): Aquel paisaje es muy bonito.

In Spanish, ese is used for things that are close to the person you are talking to. Aquel is used for things that are far away from both you and the listener. You would use aquel to point at a landscape way off in the distance.

Is there a trick to remembering if paisaje is masculine or feminine?

Yes! Nouns ending in -aje are almost always masculine in Spanish. Other common examples are el viaje (the trip) and el mensaje (the message). Because paisaje is masculine, it uses aquel instead of aquella, and bonito instead of bonita.

Could I say aquel paisaje está muy bonito?

You will usually hear es muy bonito because being beautiful is seen as a permanent characteristic of the landscape, so we use the verb ser. If you used estar (está muy bonito), you would be emphasizing that it looks unusually pretty right at this specific moment, perhaps because of a spectacular sunset.

Why is the word aquel and not aquello?