Egypt’s SHE Retreat Is Taking Women to Italy This Summer

There are holidays where you pack five bikinis, seven dinner outfits and enough ambition to “see everything.” Then there are holidays where the main itinerary is breathing properly, eating slowly, and remembering you are, in fact, a person rather than a walking to-do list. Egypt’s women-only SHE Retreat falls firmly into the second camp. Taking place from June 28th to July 3rd, 2026, at Leonardo Trulli Resort in Puglia, Italy, the retreat returns for its second edition as a five-night programme designed for women looking to pause, reconnect and gently unpick the knots that daily life has so generously tied. Brought to life by Egyptian-Italian founder and CEO of Flare PR, Ingy Yousri Ismail, and therapeutically guided by holistic and trauma-informed practitioner Shereen Malak, the experience unfolds in Puglia’s sun-warmed landscapes and trulli architecture. These surroundings set the scene for therapy circles, soulful workshops, movement sessions, shared rituals and slow, nonna-approved meals. At its core, SHE Retreat is built on a simple but often neglected idea: choosing yourself is not selfish, pausing is not laziness, and rest doesn’t need to be earned through exhaustion first. So for women craving a summer that swaps crowded beach clubs for something quieter, more intentional and more grounding, SHE Retreat offers exactly that: a pause that feels less like escape and more like a return to yourself. And yes, there will be pasta.