We’re including all of the area that was originally enclosed within the Fatimid walls on this page. The boundaries are Port Said on the west, Sharia al-Banhawi on the north, al-Darrasa on the east, and Darb al-Ahmar on the south. You can easily spend days exploring this area.
Muizz Street
This is the main road through Fatimid Cairo and includes the most important monuments. You can buy a ticket at the Qalawun Complex that allows entrance into all of these buildings.
Abd al-Rahman Katkhuda Sabil-Kuttab
Bab Bayt al-Qadi
Bayt al-Qadi
Hall of Muhibb al-Din al-Muwaqqi
Complex of al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun
Madrasa of Sultan al-Zahir Baybars
al-Salih Nagm al-Din Ayyubid Madrasa and Mausoleum
Shaykh Ali al-Mutahhar Mosque and Sabil-Kuttab
Complex of Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar
Central Area (al-Azhar, al-Ghuri, al-Husayn, Khan al-Khalili)
al-Gamaliya (between Muizz Street and al-Azhar Park, north of al-Azhar Street
Sabil, wikala, and zawiya of Uda Bashi
Zawiya of Abd al-Karim (late 1700s)
Madrasa wa-Darih Amir Qarasunqur
Madrasa of Gamal al-Din al-Ustadar
Wikala and sabil of ‘Abbas Agha
Wikala and sabil of al-Naqadi
Wikala and Sabil-kuttab of Dhu al-Fiqar
Sabil and House of Hasan (Sabil Darb al-Masmat)
Qubba wa-Madrasa Tatar al-Hijaziyya
Madrasa wa Masjid al-Amir Mithqal al-Anuqi
Darih al-Shaykh Sinan
al-Muski (between Muizz Street and Port Said, north of al-Azhar Street)
Between al-Azhar and Bab Zuwayla