ADAC Superplätze 2022: Italy still leads with 33 campsites, but Croatia has more new entries

ADAC Camping sent its inspectors to campsites all over Europe to check their quality this year too. An important result was achieved in 2021: 28 new “ADAC Superplätze”, an increase of 21 percent. The list of the top European luxury campsites thus reaches a total of 158. “28 new ADAC Superplätze show where the journey in camping is heading: higher quality for increasingly demanding campers”, says Uwe Frers, Managing Director of ADAC Camping. There has also been a sharp increase in the number of 4 and 4.5 star campsites: 103 campsites have switched to this segment and received the ADAC Tip award.

With 5 new ADAC Superplätze, Italy continues to be the first in the European ranking, while France, which obtains 8 new ones, climbs from third to second position. Croatia records the most important increase with 8 new ADAC Superplätze (+62%), and climbs three positions in the standings, reaching third place.

Germany gets two new ADAC Superplätze (4th position and 20 campsites) on a par with the Netherlands, which however loses three campsites. In sixth place Spain (16 campsites and unchanged result), while Austria (+3) and Denmark (+1) are positioned, respectively, in seventh and eighth place. Greece is in the first part of the ranking for the first time, thanks to the award-winning Camping Ionion Beach, on a par with Luxembourg, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and Hungary.

Italy number 1 in Europe

Italy once again tops the ranking for the number of luxury campsites (total 33), with 5 new entries.

• Camping Village Mediterraneo, located in the heart of the Cavallino Treporti peninsula. It is a 5-star structure with large pitches, mobile homes, lodging tents and glamping homes.
• Camping Valle Gaia, located in Casale Marittimo in the province of Pisa. This 4-star campsite offers 220 pitches (up to 130 square meters), well delimited by evergreen bushes and colorful oleanders, and shaded by luxuriant maritime pines.
• Camping Village & Glamping Le Capanne, a 3-star hotel located in Bibbona in the province of Livorno. It has mobile homes surrounded by nature, glamping tents, apartments inside the farm, an old restored farmhouse and 5 different types of pitches for tents, campers and caravans.
• Park Albatros Village which is located in Pineta di Torrenuova San Vincenzo in the province of Livorno. Inside we have the Village with mobile homes, the hotel with private rooms and pitches for camping.
• IdeaLazise Camping and Village, located in Lazise in the province of Verona (in the opening picture). You can choose from a wide range of modern and eco-friendly housing units, or between different pitch solutions, for a holiday in contact with nature directly on Lake Garda.

8 new entries for Croatia

As mentioned at the beginning, Croatia is the country that recorded the greatest increase, and ranks third in the ADAC Camping ranking. In fact, out of 21 campsites that have earned the ADAC Superplätze, 8 are new entries.

This is Camping Polari in Rovinj, a 4.5 star in the PiNCAMP ranking. It has over 1,600 pitches and mobile homes equipped with a covered terrace, its own whirlpool or shared swimming pool. Afterwards, Camping Vêstar, also in Rovinj and also in Maistra, with 663 pitches and mobile homes for all needs.

In the list of ADAC Superplätze there is also the BiVillage, located in Fažana, with apartments or villas, room beach, mobile home and over a thousand pitches for campers and caravans, including the 150 square meters King Size. This is followed by Falkensteiner Premium Camping Zadar, located not far from Zadar, which offers 369 accommodation units (86 mobile homes, 13 glamping units and 270 pitches), spread over 8.7 hectares.

They are from Istra Camping and both Camping Stella Maris and Camping Park Umag are located in Umag. You can choose between Classic Camping, Mobile Homes and Glamping. Camping Zelena Laguna also belongs to the same chain: it is located in Poreč and is a Classic Camping suitable above all for families. The Solaris Camping Resort in Sibenik closes the list of new entries. You can choose between pitches, mobile homes, villas, and luxury mobile homes.