About
Ourstory
A family owned business originating from the Fleurieu Peninsula, founded by Belle Redden.
Fleurieu Peninsula
A note from Belle
La maréa was created as an invitation to pause. Not to step away from ambition, but to support it more sustainably.
The Fleurieu Peninsula has always been home for me. It shaped my early connection to the ocean, movement and nourishing food long before I formally studied exercise and nutrition science. Those formative years immersed in nature, combined with my professional background working in high performance sport and evidence based lifestyle wellness, form the foundation of La maréa.
Over time, I’ve seen that true health and high performance are not built through intensity or quick fixes. They are built through realistic, sustainable and restorative wellbeing habits that protect energy, capacity and resilience.
With gratitude,
Belle Redden
Founder, La maréa
Fleurieu Peninsula
McLaren Vale, Moana Beach and Myponga Beach
Growing up on the Fleurieu
For Belle, the founder of La maréa, the Fleurieu Peninsula coastline wasn’t just a backdrop, it was home. She grew up in McLaren Vale on thirteen acres of land, spending most of her childhood outdoors, training for swimming and surf lifesaving at Moana Beach.
Her love for the Fleurieu Peninsula was nurtured from a young age, with her summers filled with long days at Myponga Beach, family, water activities, sunshine, and afternoons enjoying freshly caught squid. It was in these simple, joyful moments that her lifelong passion for health, movement, food, and lifestyle wellness was born.
Adulthood, however, also revealed life’s challenges. She felt the strain herself: long hours behind screens, the pull of social media, and the disconnection that comes from a technology-driven world. The contrast to her own childhood, where she was immersed outdoors, was striking.
It was through this reflection that the vision for La maréa began to take shape. Belle started exploring how people could reclaim their health and wellbeing through nutrition, movement, and holistic lifestyle wellness experiences, grounded in nature, connection, and the Fleurieu Peninsula, where her own wellness journey as a child began.
The Mediterranean
Belle’s travels through the Mediterranean, especially along the Sardinian coastline, a Blue Zone where people live longer, healthier lives, paired with her deep knowledge of the Mediterranean diet, its evidence-based health benefits, and its joyful, communal approach to food, it felt only natural that La maréa would carry a Mediterranean influence.
Today La maréa retreats are inspired by the elements of a Mediterranean lifestyle; plant based nourishment, connection, community and lessons of longevity flow into every retreat experience.
- Cut for length from the live Our story, whole sentences only: the horizons paragraph, the degrees paragraph (it lives on Belle's team page) and the sentence about family and friends facing illness and loss. Belle confirms the cut.
- "Belles travels" is published without its apostrophe; set here as "Belle's travels" pending Belle.
Our difference
What sets La maréa apart
- South Australian based luxury lifestyle wellness retreats & experiences
- Built upon evidence-based lifestyle wellness pillars that support holistic wellness & inspired by the Mediterranean lifestyle
- Run by qualified health professionals & experts in their chosen field
- Partner with local South Australian companies, supporting local Fleurieu Peninsula farmers, producers & communities
- Family owned business originating from the Fleurieu Peninsula
Your hosts
Our team
With Belle, the Founder (left), bringing expertise in nutrition, exercise science, and lifestyle wellness coaching, supported by Zoe her sister (right), and Sarah (back), both with a background in events management, you can be assured that your retreat will be thoughtfully curated and truly unforgettable.
Our mission is to combine holistic lifestyle wellness practices with luxury heartfelt hospitality, and our team is dedicated to creating personalised experiences that cater to your individual needs and wellness journey.
From our family to yours, we can’t wait to share our special retreats and experiences with you soon.
Starting La maréa on the Fleurieu
To come from BelleA note from Belle, in her own words, about starting La maréa on the Fleurieu.
- Takes the place of the "South Australian first" line, which is held back (build decision 7, decision 3 for Belle). Told as her own experience, never as a market claim.
How we work on the Fleurieu
To come from BelleBelle's own practices on the Fleurieu, in her words, set against the four True South pillars.
- Stated as intent only: no badge, no SATC logo and no claim of accreditation (register N2, R). Belle is still looking into True South.
Spend a day with us
From chaos to calm, stress to serenity. Let the tide guide you home.