With the continued surge in popularity of open-air tourism across Europe, many campsites, glamping sites, and other outdoor tourism providers are facing challenges to offer enough accommodation for the demand.
Mobile homes and glamping pods take time to build and to install, and sometimes they can be difficult to move or rearrange once in place on a site. An answer to some of these problems is for much more mobile accommodation to be used by tourism providers – a solution that has been identified by Slovenian firm Adria.
While it has a pedigree in mobile homes, Adria is also a leading producer of caravans and motorhomes, and one of its latest offerings on that front – the new version of its Astella – could present a very workable solution for tourism providers seeking easy-to-install and regulatory-free options.
Featuring a design that delivers elegance and luxury beyond what one would normally expect from a caravan, the Astella almost looks like a mobile home.
There are three layouts available: the 704 HP (9,060 x 2,510mm) that sleeps four, the 754 DP (9,520 x 2,510mm) that sleeps four, and the 904 HP (10,980 x 2,510mm) that sleeps up to six with its bunk bed option.
All the models offer capsule shape profiles, two sets of panoramic doors to help improve connection with the outdoors, luxury kitchens with quality appliances, hotel-style bathrooms with a separate sliding door for en suite set-up, mix of LED and spot lighting, and the ability to control many of the functions via the Adria MACH Plus smart control mobile phone app.
Despite the fact that this caravan looks very much like a mobile home, it can be easily towed by a normal car, and benefits from a new body construction featuring GFK walls and Symalite for unrivalled durability.
The unit has been tested to temperature extremes in Adria’s own climatic chamber and monsoon water ingress facility.
This product could be the first in a new trend of accommodation that bridges that gap between the world of caravans and mobile homes – will it become a popular subcategory in the market? That question remains for the future.
