About Aurelian

A family week. Fully considered.

Founded by Jamie Unwin to bring serious driver development and a parent holiday of equal substance into one retreat.

Pines, flowers and a terrace at Hôtel du Castellet
Why Aurelian exists

Good family travel gives everyone something.

Motorsport can ask a great deal of a family’s time. Aurelian starts with another possibility: a week in which a young driver’s commitment opens the door to a holiday the parents want too.

The idea depends on equal care for both experiences. Preparation, thoughtful hospitality and clear responsibility do more to create ease than showmanship ever could.

Jamie Unwin, founder of Aurelian Retreats
Jamie Unwin · Founder of Aurelian Retreats
Precision on the circuit. Care in every part of the week.

Jamie is a Ferrari UK factory racing driver, professional racing driver and professional driver coach, with 27 years of motorsport and driver-coaching experience.

That background informs Aurelian’s approach: prepare carefully, communicate clearly and take responsibility for the details that allow people to feel at ease.

Jamie Unwin in racing equipment beside a race car, with a team member
A professional motorsport background

Experience made useful.

High-performance environments teach the value of preparation, precise feedback and composure. The coaching task is to make those habits understandable to the person in front of you.

Jamie brings those habits into Aurelian: listen to the driver, make the next task clear and take care over how progress is recognised.

The Aurelian standard

Warmth, with accountability.

High standards should be felt in the way a family is welcomed, informed and looked after.

01

Welfare first

A driver’s wellbeing takes priority over the timetable, the result or a commercial consideration.

02

Preparation

Suitability, equipment, the setting and the daily plan all need attention before a session begins.

03

Discretion

Personal information and family privacy deserve care. Aurelian does not publish identifiable images of minors on its public website.

Your family. Your retreat.

Meet the idea through a conversation.

Tell us what matters to your family, and we can begin there.