You reach Gorée by a short ferry ride from Dakar. The boat trip takes about 20 minutes. When you step off the boat, you walk into a place that feels like a postcard - pink, yellow and orange houses, bougainvillea flowers, and the smell of the sea.
Gorée has been an important meeting point for sailors, traders and travellers for more than 500 years. People from Portugal, the Netherlands, France and Britain all visited the island at different times in history. You can still see buildings from each of those eras, with red roofs and old wooden doors.
UNESCO has put Gorée on its list of World Heritage Sites - places that are important to the whole world. This means everyone has agreed to look after the island for future generations. School trips from all over Senegal visit Gorée to learn about its long story.
Today, Gorée is home to artists, fishermen and around 1,500 residents. Children walk to school along the same narrow streets their grandparents walked. The island has its own art schools, museums, and tiny restaurants - and goats wandering between them.