I’ve just finished 3 weeks with this school. A week in Quito,week in Otolavo and a week with the travelling classroom. It was superb from start to finish. Eugenio picked us up from the airport and took us to our homestay. We were taken to the school on the first morning by our host so we knew the way. After lessons there were cultural visits in the afternoon. All the staff at the school were helpful and engaging giving me lots of time to practice my Spanish. Eugenio took us to the bus station at the end of the week to go to Otavalo which was about 2 hours away where we were met by our next host. We had afternoons free to explore the local area with help from Bebina our host. She took us to the station at the end of the week to get back to Quito to start our travelling classroom Adriana had been our teacher and she was again for this part so we had great consistency. This part was a fantastic blend of teaching, conversation and cultural learning. It’s a full on week, each place different from the last one. We traveled on buses with the locals for a full immersion. The accommodation was excellent and we ate in local restaurants. The week finished with a walk in Papallacta Wood and then a relaxing dip in the thermal spa. A fantastic finish to a fantastic trip. If you are thinking about this trip but worried about safety , don’t be. Quito is the same as any other large city but people are friendly and obliging. The locals were warm and welcoming in the other towns Eugenio and his team run an exceptional school with professional teaching. I wouldn’t hesitate to to recommend this school/trip and having found out from Eugenio on the way to our hotel for the final night that he also has a school in Colombia guess where I’ll be going to learn Spanish next!

Thank you Eugenio, staff and teachers. I loved my time in the classroom in Quito and traveling through the Amazon and Andes. My Spanish was minimal when I arrived. The patience of my teachers and encouragement to try speaking helped me to improve in 2 weeks. I really wanted to stay longer! I arrived at 1.30am in the morning and was met at the airport by Eugenio who took me to my accommodation. Definitely a safe way to travel at that hour as a solo female traveller. Highly recommend! ISE organised a homestay for me. The family were kind, inclusive and patient, helping me with my Spanish. It was easy to take the trolley bus to school and get a greater feel for life in Quito. There's a lot of online chat about safety in Quito. I felt very safe walking around in the daytime, being aware of my surroundings. Both my homestay and the school were in areas I felt super comfortable in. Choosing ISE was a fantastic decision and I highly recommend you do the same.

I did the 12 day traveling classroom “walking through the Andes “. It was a fantastic experience! I ended up being the only student in my tour, and Eugenio created a wonderful schedule for me. I had a combination of classroom instruction and sightseeing. All of the prepared travel arrangements were great! The lodging was a combination of a home stay, hostels, and hotels. I felt safe and so immersed in the culture. The instructors were very good and knowledgeable. It was a truly fabulous experience! I learned a lot and I have so many beautiful pictures of Ecuador! Thank you Eugenio!

The school and its wonderful staff members made mi feel at home and I felt I was part of the family right from the first moment. Highly professional tutors that care for students individual needs as well as , assistance with organising trips to the surrounding tourist attractions of Quito. I would highly recommend this school for any future Spanish student.

I had two weeks of wonderful experiences while studying Spanish in the Galápagos Islands, after a 3 day stay in Quito. It was the trip of a lifetime for me! Although I was traveling alone, I always felt that Eugenio and my teacher Adriana were available for me 24/7. My classes with Adriana were excellent. She is a kind, talented teacher with lots of patience when I couldn't remember things she had just taught me. Adriana encouraged me to speak Spanish during our entire time together. I stayed on San Cristobal, Santa Cruz, and Isabella Islands. All accommodations were nice, very clean, and included breakfast. (Although the wifi was sporadic in Galapagos, I suspect that's just the remote nature of the experience.) Eugenio had scheduled many excursions for me. Some activities, such as visits to parks, hikes, shopping, etc. were with Adriana and some were boating excursions or trips to volcanoes, which I did with a group. All in all, it was a very full schedule, with many experiences. I met many people from worldwide and was pleasantly exhausted when I returned home.

The learning was tailored specifically to our level and the improvement we both experienced was remarkable! The assistance and dedication by the staff was amazing, from the airport pick up to the farewells. We expected that the experience would be simply the learning, but the staff quickly felt like family, as did the other students. The organising of optional after-school excursions allowed us to do so much more, very easily and economically. Getting to know the other students enabled us to receive and share travel advice and their encouragement was invaluable. We opted to stay in the homestay which felt immediately like home. It was very comfortable and within easy walking distance of the school. Having the opportunity to get to know our beautiful host along with the other homestay students was perfect. Even the neighbourhood shopkeepers felt like our community at home! Highly recommend - our first foray into immersive international language school did not disappoint in any way

The course was intense, and I feel I learned a lot. I had the opportunity to participate in several excursions, and they were very well-planned and fun. The teachers and the staff is dedicated to offering the highest level possible of teaching and to ensuring that we have the best time possible in Quito.

I had an amazing time learning spanish at ISE! I did the Combined Spanish Course which was intense, so I would rather stay there for one week longer and just do the group lessons. Anyways I can recommend going there and staying with Val, she is awesome and really cares about the people, she also cooked vegetarian for me, which was great. Muchas gracias!!

I just returned from a week of ISE's traveling classroom in the Galapagos -- it was spectacular from start to finish. Eugenio was excellent and organized an absolutely perfect trip, and every detail was included. Somehow, he ensured the trip went smoothly, coordinating remotely from Quito! He made me feel incredibly welcome in Quito and offered support and advice at every turn. Vanessa is an incredible teacher, one of the best I've had in any Spanish class. The intensive week with her helped me more deeply understand nuances in the usage of the tenses. She built my confidence while setting high expectations and holding me to them, a difficult balance to strike, but she did so with ease and empathy. She was also constantly teaching; at every meal and every outing, she made interactive lessons for us that I forgot were lessons. If you are lucky enough to have Vanessa as a teacher, you will learn a lot more than Spanish; you will learn empathy, life lessons, and the beauty and strength of human character.

The traveling classroom was arranged perfectly with great accommodations and just the right combination of study and excursions.

We found the school online, and what an amazing surprise it was. We met the director, Eugenio, who spent a good amount of time with us to understand the program and helped to accommodate our schedule. Our teachers, Tanya and Paola, were thorough, engaging, and a pleasure to learn from. The school does a great job at meeting you at whatever level of Spanish you are at, from absolute beginner to advanced. The school's staff is very helpful and made us feel welcome from our first day. They made our experience even more memorable by helping us to book both day trips and longer trips around Ecuador. Our time in the country was made so much better because of this, and I would recommend the school to anyone considering a Spanish course.

Great school and amazing teachers. The school provide notebooks with theory and exercices. There is a break with free breakfast, to socialize with other students and practice Spanish for those who want. The teachers are amazing and take time to explain, in different ways, to make sure you understand the theory. The administrative staff is reactive and very helpful.

I was doing a round trip of south america, and started with a month of Spanish at ISE. I was a complete beginner at the start, and after 4 weeks (80 hours of spanish) I was able to have a polite conversation with taxidrivers. It made the rest of my trip in south america alot easier than i would have been without the classes! Very competent teachers! The school even helped plan weekend trips to Cotopaxi, Quilotoa, Mindo and Otovalo among others. It was easy planing, and always some student from school to go with.

Hello you! Lisent, this was my first trip out of my home contry, in a new places and language, and i could not have ask for a better place to learn about not only español, but the culture and places this contry has to offer. All, and i say ALL of the school personnel was always nice and interesting, the profesor are really competant, and ive learn more spanish that i ever think i would have in the spawn of only one month. Addition to teaching you spanish, they can help you with all kinds of things like organise everything from future trip around ecuador or a trip around school when you need to buy pants ( talking from experience). I fell in love with this contry because of them, and i really hope you choose them for your next travel as well!

I had a great week in Quito! The teachers in ISE school were great and I learned a lot. Also they gave many advices that helped a lot on my stay in Quito. I stayed at the student residence which is hosted by Valeria. She is a great host! She cared a lot, the food was great and she helped a lot, if I needed it. The room was clean and big and it's near to ISE. You walk 20 minutes. Thank you a lot for the great time, the talks and practicing Spanish at your place, Valeria! It was a pleasure!