International House La Spezia was founded in 1980, by Lynden Cronin following the fundamental principles shared by all IH schools around the world – improving languages teaching in high quality learning environments.
Since then we have come a long way to develop English teaching, but we are still a family run school, now under the direction of the next generation. Our focus is still to create a welcoming environment for our students and teachers.
We have developed a very strong young learners department and exam centre. We deliver exams for both Cambridge English and LanguageCert. Over the years we have trained teachers as speaking examiners and supported them with their professional development.
The main school is in the centre of La Spezia, with a smaller satellite school in the nearby town of Sarzana. La Spezia lies at the bottom of Liguria, right on the boarder with Tuscany. It’s location makes it an ideal destination for people who are looking for a comfortable size town to live in with enough to do during their free time. It’s proximity to the medierranean gives very mild winters and hot summers. If you are looking for something cooler, Skiing resorts in Italy and France are not far away!
