What’s
Calling You?

  • YourPurpose
  • YourPeople
  • YourPace

thoughtfully curated Business & Personal retreats.

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A palm tree beside a coastal path and the blue sea in Somabay

Make Time To…

Recharge

Step out of the rush. Make room to breathe.

Reconnect

With yourself, with others, with what matters.

See Clearly

Gain perspective on what comes next.

Find Your Retreat, À La Carte.

For women founders, leaders & individuals

Women Who Build

For women building a business, shaping a career or finding their next chapter.

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Pause with women who understand what it takes to build a business, a career or a new chapter. Share honest conversations, fresh perspectives and time for yourself.

Create Your Retreat

For retail, e-commerce & growing brands

Brand to Business

For founders and brand builders ready to see the bigger picture.

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Step away from daily decisions and reconnect with where you want to take your brand. Explore ideas, question assumptions and shape its next chapter with people who understand the journey.

Create Your Retreat

For organisations & business owners

AI Without the Noise

For business owners and teams curious about AI, but tired of the hype.

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Explore what AI could mean for your business, without the hype. Ask your questions, exchange ideas and discover practical possibilities at a pace that works for your group.

Create Your Retreat

For leaders in customer excellence

Customer Experience

For leaders ready to raise the standard of customer excellence.

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Explore smarter ways to connect with customers. Share fresh approaches to personalisation, service and seamless experiences that build trust and loyalty.

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For friends, milestones & celebrations

Celebrate Friendship

For friends who keep saying, “We really need to get together.”

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Make time for the people you miss. Celebrate a milestone or simply reconnect through long conversations, shared experiences and memories beyond the group chat.

Create Your Retreat

Your idea. Your retreat.

What Matters to You Starts Here.

For a shared passion, a new chapter or an idea that doesn’t fit a box.

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A creative escape, a shared passion or space to think. Bring us your idea—or just the feeling you want to leave with—and we’ll shape a retreat around it.

Create Your Retreat

The Right People.
A Meaningful Connection.

We bring together brilliant people who know how to open minds, spark ideas and help you reconnect. From business leaders, coaches and educators to beauty and wellness experts, spiritual guides and healing practitioners, we thoughtfully match the people to your purpose.

different expertise personal fit.

Shell-decorated retreat keepsake and handwritten note, with the personal message blurred and Mona El-Gazzar’s signature visible

How Your Experience Unfolds.

Golden sunset over a sheltered Somabay beach beneath a thatched umbrella

Arrive & Connect

Step away from your usual rhythm. Settle in, meet your people and make room for what brought you here.

Explore & Discover

Thoughtful sessions, shared experiences and unhurried moments—shaped around your purpose.

Reflect & Carry It Forward

Notice what stays with you. Take home fresh perspective, meaningful connections and memories of your own.

A New Place. A Fresh Perspective.

A Somabay golf green curving along the Red Sea at sunset

The Red Sea · Our Flagship Destination

crystal-clear waters, mountain views and lush greenery to awaken your senses.

Create Your Retreat
White hammocks beside the clear Red Sea in Somabay

Let the world wait.

Listen to your inner voice.

Find a Place That Moves You.

A mountain reflected in a still lake in Siwa

Siwa

An Oasis for the Soul.

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Sinai

Where mountains meet the sea.

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Fayoum

Lakeside calm and a slower rhythm.

Explore a Retreat A carved Hathor column at the Temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor

Luxor & Aswan

Ancient Roots. Find Your Ground.

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Future Destinations.

Elephant Rock in AlUla, Saudi Arabia

AlUla

Saudi Arabia · Coming soonTraditional house framed by flowers in Sapanca

Sapanca

Turkey · Coming soon

The ZOLA Journey.

A Glimpse of Past Retreats.

The Art of Two - Somabay

Mona El-Gazzar with arms outstretched overlooking the sea and green landscape

ZLABegan with What I Love.

Egypt—its beauty, its stories, its soul. Bringing people together. Discovering something new. I created ZOLA to share what I love, with room for your own story to unfold.

Mona El-Gazzar

Let’s Bring Your Idea to Life.

Three simple steps to shape your retreat.

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Share Your Idea

Tell us what you have in mind. The details can come later.

02

Shape It Together

Together, we’ll shape the place, people, pace and budget.

03

Make It Yours

Review your proposal, inclusions and booking terms before you decide.

Create Your Retreat.

For teams, businesses and private groups. Tell us your idea by email or WhatsApp.

You don’t need all the answers to begin.

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Send your retreat idea by email or WhatsApp.

Booking details

Dates and activities are subject to availability. An enquiry does not confirm a booking.

Questions? [email protected]

Photo credit

Elephant Rock, AlUla — Radosław Botev / Fundacja Nomos, CC BY 3.0 PL.

These photographs are displayed with responsive crops; their original licences continue to apply. Somabay, Siwa, Fayoum, Sinai, Luxor and Sapanca photographs supplied by ZOLA.

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