Adria’s Adora range sits in the middle of the company’s product offering – between the Alteas (the cheapest, although you would never call them entry level) and the (uber-luxurious) Alpinas. Two years ago they were upgraded, with a number of innovations, particularly in this model, the Seine, which looks like a four-berth but is actually a five-berth thanks to a bunk hidden in the overhead locker.

With the new look now more settled in (and some of the innovations subsequently passed on to other ranges) I thought it was time to have a look at the Adora again, and so took the Adria Adora 612 DL Seine down to Run Cottage Touring Park in Suffolk to put it to the test.

Design

If an eye-catching design is a trait you’re looking out for when choosing the best caravan to buy, the Seine could certainly prove tempting.

The Adora certainly stands out in the Suffolk caravan park, and not just because of its sleek silver side panels. Purple is a relatively unusual colour to see these days on a caravan, but that’s the bold colour Adria has chosen for a thick decal band that runs all the way to the back of the caravan at mid-height.

Great design doesn’t just apply to the outside of the caravan, of course. In fact, there are three quirky little design features inside this family caravan that I think are worth singling out here. The first is the two special cushions that can be rolled out to form extra padding around the corners of the U-shaped front lounge.

The Seine hitched up to the Kia
Purple is an unusual colour for a tourer, but it makes the Seine an eye-catching tourer

Corners are always a tricky area to upholster, and I thought these make the corners here much more comfortable. They also roll up into a triangle shape which makes a perfect cushion to rest your head on while you are reading in bed, rather than having to put up with uncomfortable headboards, or bring your own pillows along.

The next clever touch on the Adora is the concertina partition. It’s made of fabric, not ugly plastic, and it’s held in place when pushed back by no fewer than three magnets. I like this, as it means there is little chance of it coming loose en route and flapping about where it can get damaged.

Finally, this caravan is prefigured for you to put in a car-style radio if you want. However, if it’s just a Bluetooth connection you need, there is an amplifier that is incredibly discreet and speakers that are actually hidden inside the wall, leaving more space for your other possessions.

Whatever you think of the overall end result, it’s a real sign that the brand that was named the Best Manufacturer: New Caravans at our Owner Satisfaction Awards 2025 takes design and innovation seriously.

Towing the Adria Adora 612 DL Seine

ATC is only available as an optional extra on the Adora range, but many claim you shouldn’t actually need it with Adrias and other Continental-style vans that tend to have longer A-frames than British caravans. You do still get shock absorbers and a stabiliser.

Even though this van is more than 8m long and only has a single axle, it didn’t feel too daunting on the road as I towed it with the Kia EV9 GT-Line AWD. That could well be because of the ‘delta’ axle that Adria includes in the Al-Ko chassis.

This is designed to limit the effects of centrifugal force as you go around a corner. The wind diffusers situated on the front of the Adora, which Adria introduced at the time of the redesign, are probably helping, too.

The Kia and the Seine at the caravan site

I did have an issue with the jockey wheel coming loose en route – this was almost certainly the result of someone on the test team not tightening it up firmly enough. But I think that, in such circumstances, I would prefer a non-pneumatic jockey wheel.

Such a wheel alerts you to the fact it has come loose as soon as it hits the ground by the noise it makes. With a soft, pneumatic wheel, you could easily assume that the slight jerks you start feeling when it lands on the road are most likely associated with a poor road surface.

Pitch and set-up

After towing the caravan to your pitch, it will be time to set up. You get heavy-duty corner steadies with the Seine, all of which are easy to locate through dedicated holes in the fairing.

The electric hook-up connection is held next to the battery box on the offside, nicely away from any awning.

Two-piece door with bin (l); The Seine's front locker (r)
Two-piece door with bin (l); The Seine’s front locker (r)

The same is true of the cassette toilet access, useful for when it’s time to empty the caravan toilet. There are two external locker doors, too, so you could easily reach any outdoor furniture stored inside there.

You will not need to worry about fitting a caravan door bin either, as the Seine comes with one in place.

Lounge in the Adria Adora 612 DL Seine

The U-shaped front lounge in here isn’t the largest I have seen, which could be a factor when choosing the right caravan. However, you could certainly fit the five people who are likely to live in this caravan, even with the shelf in the centre folded out to provide a place to put snacks. There is also a foldaway table that’s stowed in the cupboard to the right of the door as you come in.

I found the sofas themselves were very comfy, with bolsters at the end that are secured in place fairly effectively with magnets.

The lounge area
Thanks to the curved sunroof the lounge is flooded with light

A large sunroof and windows that are plenty big enough allow loads of light in.

For night-time lighting, in addition to ambient light, there are three little spotlights in the sunroof housing, but I will highlight that tall people might need to take note of these because it is quite easy to knock them.

There are only two spotlights nearer to hand under the locker for night-time reading. But you do have the benefit of USB and USB-C sockets here.

Kitchen in the Adria Adora 612 DL Seine

The side kitchen comes with an extension, but pulling it out could decrease the amount of seating space you have in the front lounge quite considerably, and you don’t really need it because there is quite a bit of permanent workspace already. You get the usual gas-only Adria three-burner hob with the burners getting larger as you go along. It’s in line with a stainless steel sink, which makes cleaning easier.

The kitchen in the Seine
There’s a three-burner hob and separate oven in the kitchen

You also get a separate oven and grill and, alongside the overhead locker, a microwave, albeit one from a brand that I reckon UK customers possibly will not recognise.

There is a socket under the locker just above the workspace area where you could easily fit one of the best caravan kettles or toaster.

Immediately behind you, across the aisle, is a slimline caravan fridge which, at 140 litres in capacity, should be more than large enough to cater for a family of four.

Washroom in the Adria Adora 612 DL Seine

There is an elegant brushed metal handle on the door to the end washroom, which includes, in the middle, a large rectangular built-in basin with a good-size mirror. The loo is to the left as you walk in, just in front of an opaque window. There’s a roof vent immediately above the toilet, too, which is unusual, and a second roof vent in the shower cubicle to the right.

The shower (l); the toilet (r)
There’s adequate space for the shower (l); functional loo space with sink. The area is well lit and well vented (r)

The cubicle itself, with a concertina door, is relatively roomy, although I’ve experienced better headroom. It comes with a mirror, which is always handy, and a clothes rail for drying wet clothes when the shower isn’t in use.

Aside from the daylight coming in through the opaque window and the two roof vents, there is a light in the ceiling and another under the pelmet above the mirror.

Beds in the Adria Adora 612 DL Seine

You don’t notice immediately, but the nearside single bed at the rear is slightly longer than its offside neighbour, and comes in at an impressive 2.0m. Even the other bed is 1.9m long, so taller people will definitely be accommodated. Both beds have large headrests, and can also be raised up at the top to make reading easier, especially with spotlights nearby. A mains socket, and USB and USB-C ports are all within easy reach.

The rear fixed single beds
Rear beds are large enough for an adult

What’s more or less unique in this bedroom is the fifth bed you can fold down from what looks otherwise like a set of overhead lockers above the nearside bed. A ladder provides an easy way up to this bed, although it can only hold up to a maximum of 50kg, so is really only for children or very small adults.

The parallel-settee lounge can only be turned into a double bed – it really isn’t big enough to provide two single beds for people sleeping at right angles to each other. So any kids who sleep here need to be happy about sharing this space.

The bed made up in the lounge (l); the fifth bed (r)
The bed made up in the lounge (l); the fifth bed (r)

Still, the double bed is easy to make up from the platform that slides forward. You only have to remove the central cushion under the pull-out shelf to complete the process because the backrests to the settees make up the middle of the bed, and they are full length.

Storage in the Adria Adora 612 DL Seine

It’s a little tricky to access the sizeable area underneath the parallel settee in the front lounge, because you have to lift off the backrests to pull the slats up, and each backrest, being one-piece, is quite bulky. The slats don’t really stay up on their own, either. It might be best practice to leave at least the area nearest the external access door for stuff you will only need outside.

It’s a much better story at the rear, where there’s a huge amount of clear space under each bed, and it’s easily accessed by lifting the slats up. The nearside area also has external access.

The hanging wardrobe in the middle of the caravan is really only half height, although it is a good width. The cupboard between it and the door, where the table is stored, also includes two shelves.

Other than that, in the main part of the van there are two overhead lockers on each side at the front, and three more down the offside at the rear. All are a good size, which will be handy when you’re loading the caravan. The area up above on the nearside is taken up with the bunk bed, but if you really have to you can squeeze small items in around it – the locker doors allow you to do this.

The wardrobe and TV area (l); the kitchen storage (r)
The spacious wardrobe and TV area (l); Sizeable storage solutions in the kitchen (r)

In the kitchen, next to the separate oven and grill, there’s a large pull-out cupboard with metal baskets. Next to this is a column of three large drawers, the top one of which has a cutlery drawer. The pan locker under the oven is a reasonable size, but I found that access is a bit limited. Above, there is one large locker holding the microwave and a smaller locker with crockery racks.

The washroom includes a cupboard under the basin, and a column of shelves next to the mirror you can pull out – there’s just about enough room to do so.

When it redesigned the Adoras, there was one other innovation that Adria introduced: small felt baskets and shelves you can site where you want to on different rails that can be found almost everywhere in this van. They don’t hold much, but could be good for placing the odd cup of tea here or the odd sponge there.

Kit and value

Because the interior in particular looks so minimalist, you might be fooled into thinking that Adria caravans are still fairly basic in comparison with others at this price point. In fact, as you can see from the many details in this one, this is very much not the case.

Perhaps you might feel as though you could do with four burners on the dual-fuel hob. Otherwise, the Seine can compete fairly favourably with other types of caravans with five berths and Alde-heating. And with clever innovations such as the Bluetooth amplifier and the beds that can be pulled up for reading, it might even better them.

Technical spec of the Adria Adora 612 DL Seine

  • Price: £34,030
  • MPTLM: 1800kg
  • MIRO: 1612kg
  • Payload: 188kg
  • Awning size: 1072cm
  • Shipping length: 8.19m
  • Interior length: 6.14m
  • Overall width: 2.30m
  • Overall height: 2.60m
  • Front double: 2.12 x 1.5m
  • Rear offside single: 1.9 x 0.74m
  • Rear nearside single: 2.0 x 0.74m
  • Rear bunk: 1.9 x 0.74m

Alternatives to consider

The Bailey Unicorn Deluxe Cadiz is a single axle tourer too, offering four berths and fixed single beds at the rear, and is cheaper and lighter. Alternatively, if you’re after a family tourer with an additional berth, the Swift Sprite Major 6 TD Exclusive could be the tourer for you – and it includes a great lounge for children at the rear.

You can also get an idea into what a more luxurious Adria looks like by taking a look at our review of the Alpina Colorado – it’s a very well-equipped tourer with a comfortable lounge.

Perfect partner

For an 85% match, you need a tow car with a kerbweight of 2118kg

Standard kit

Construction

Delta galvanised steel chassis with AKS stabiliser and shock absorbers, heavy-duty corner steadies, steel wheels, spare wheel, secure wheel lock, silver wall panels (thermoformed ABS on front and rear, polyester sides), aluminium skirtings, two-part door with window, all opening windows and double-glazed at front, Styropor floor insulation

External equipment

Wide-access gas bottle locker for two x 11kg bottles, 120W caravan solar panel, external BBQ point, door flyscreen, third brake light, LED awning light, Status 580 satellite dish

Heating

Alde Compact heating

Lounge/bedroom

Floor carpets, four scatter cushions, pull-out shelf, foldaway table, mains sockets, two TV sockets, USB and USB C ports, LED lights throughout, pre-installation for car radio, Bluetooth amplifier connected to speakers

Kitchen

Three-burner gas hob above separate oven and grill, stainless-steel sink with cover and chopping board, 140-litre fridge, microwave oven

Washroom

Swivel toilet, separate shower cubicle, basin

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