At the confluence of three gorges - Bakhchisarai, Ashlam-Dere and Mariam-Dere - at the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century. the lively suburban village of Bakhchisaraya - Salachik was located, the main population of which were Crimean gypsies... Nowadays, Salachik has become a district of the city of Bakhchisaraya, called Starosel by the locals. It is from here that the journey to the famous "cave city" of Chufut-Kale begins for tens of thousands of tourists..