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ADRIA ALTEA AIRE

Price £19,395 Berths Two MTPLM 1420kg

WHEN WE TOOK possession of this caravan on long-term test back at the beginning of the year, we had visions of being able to take it on a whole range of adventures in the months ahead.

We would never have guessed that within six weeks, touring anywhere would be out of the question, thanks to the pandemic, with possibilities for travel only opening up again quite recently.

Fortunately, we managed to take the Adria on a tour right after we picked it up, and then for another trip before we needed to return it at the end of July.

Covid-19 has had a real effect on manufacturers’ plans for the upcoming season, but Adria is one brand that has already announced what it will be doing for 2021. We can now say that the Altea Aire you see examined in detail here - an end-washroom two-berth that was only introduced in 2020 - will not be changing that much for the season. Not even, we are told, in price.

Design

You can spot an Adria tourer from some distance - its sleek profile is a contrast to the British-made models that still dominate the caravan market.

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