Among these many spaces, some of the most notable are the Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Natural Park, Spain's largest natural park and the second largest in Europe, the Sierra Nevada National Park, Doñana National Park and Natural Park, the Tabernas Desert, and the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park, the largest terrestrial-maritime reserve in the European Western Mediterranean Sea.
Skupno skoraj 20 odstotkov ozemlja Andaluzije leži v enem od teh zavarovanih območjih, ki predstavljajo približno 30 odstotkov zaščitenega območja Španije.