The island of Gorèe is a tourist pole of international interest. The Gorèe Island, declared by UNESCO "World heritage of Humanity", and island of memories:

Discovered in 1444 by the Portuguese who called it "Palma" it was passed in 1588 under the control of the Dutch who renamed it "Goede Reede" (good roadstead) from which comes its present day name Gorèe. In last place the English occupied it before returning it to the French at the end of 1817.

The Island has represented, in the colonial period, great advantages for the European power and their economic-expansion projects. Sure moorings in every season and strategic proximity to the continent with whom it was opening great commercial possibilities, the prosperity of the Island was tied to from 1550 to 1850 to the trading of slaves. The small fishing island was from XV11° the base of a triangular traffic between Europe , Africa and America, above all tied to the black slave trade towards Guyana, Guadeloupe and Martinique.

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Situated at a distance of 4Km from Dakar, actually the principal tourist goal of Senegal and the North Western Coast of Africa.

Its dimensions (28 hectares) and building ties, strongly limit the prospective architectural development, while the excursionist role of the island feeds an ulterior development of the tourist and commercial side of the land

For tourists the island actually offers some services like hotels and refreshment points, museums to visit tied to the story of Senegal and the black slave trade, historical cases in which prisoners were amassed before parting with no return towards the new world.

Easily reached from Dakar with a daily transport service (4Km from Dakar 20 minutes in ferry), the island offers a place for a cultural holiday, where it is possible to meditate the unhappy story of the black slave trade, and to ponder on the present motivation to promote justice and development. During the cultural events present on the island its legends can be discovered again, listening to its music, safeguarding in this way the traditions and the International role in development.