Moses ben Mordecai Bassola, also known as Moses Bassola, Moshe Basola, Basilea, or Basila (Hebrew באסולה or simply: משה באסולה; alternative Hebrew spelling: באזלה ,איש באזולה ,ב(א)סולה ,באסל ,באזילא);[1] was born in 1480 in Pesaro, Italy, and died in 1560.

His travel book has been published in English and modern Hebrew by Abraham David under the title In Zion and Jerusalem: The Itinerary of Rabbi Moses Basola.

His impressions from this visit are documented in his book Sefer Masaot, in which he describes various sites in Ottoman Palestine (partial list), such as Bar'am, Ein al-Zeitun, Safed, Meron, Kefar Hananiah, 'Akbara, Peki'in, Ammuqa, Gush Halav, Dalton, Huqoq, Nablus, Jerusalem, Hebron, among other places.

In every place he visited, Bassola described the inhabitants of the land, the number of Jews living in each locality and their important occupations, including the burial sites of the righteous, synagogues, etc.

The book became a primary source of information for Jewish life in Ottoman Palestine and the local attractions during those years.