The traveller Muhammad al-Idrisi described it in the 12th century as populous and strongly fortified.

The famous travellers, who visited here, have described about this area with high praise.

Western travellers to Palestine in the 19th century described their impressions of the site in travelogues.

They made 11 arrests for drug possession, in an operation which the travellers described as heavy-handed and unreasonable.

A Turkish traveller who visited Black City in 1890 described it as follows:

Many European travellers describe its splendours, and it also developed into a center of cultural activity.

A British traveller in 1887 described the new synagogue as "new and not imposing."

These large, speedy fish are known as "grey ghosts" and a fellow traveller described his own episode as "fantastic".

A 19th-century traveller described the faded Byzantine frescoes that were still visible on its walls.

In the first stanza the traveller describes seeing her after having wandered upon the earth over thousands of years.