Benjamin of tudela

If you ask me, Benjamin of Tudela is a guy who should be taken seriously; he is a well-educated Spanish rabbi, who is more the qualified of making educated decisions. He does not give a very biased view on things, he gives the good and the bad, the palace and the caliph, for example. But the bit of bias he did was was towards Baghdad, he seemed to favor it a bit more, perhaps because of its magnificence, but more likely because of his social experiences there. He doesn't put down Constantinople directly, but he indeed gives "bland" descriptions, unlike what he did with Baghdad, but i do believe that he is someone to take seriously.