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#142 highest hotel rooms in the world · Independent (ex-Kempinski)
Burj Rafal Hotel Riyadh
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · completed 2014
Highest room
535 ft
about 163 m above the street
Top room floor
37th
hotel floors ~1–37
Building height
1,010 ft
308 m · 70 floors
Typical rate
$200
per night, standard room
Mixed-use tower: hotel plus residences · #31 by building height · #144 by top floor
How high is Burj Rafal Hotel Riyadh?
Burj Rafal Hotel Riyadh is an Independent (ex-Kempinski) hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Its highest guest rooms are on the 37th floor (an estimate), roughly 535 ft (163 m) above the street: about 80 ft higher than the top of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
The hotel fills a 70-floor tower that rises 1,010 ft (308 m) and was completed in 2014; the building also holds residences. Guest rooms stop at floor 37, 33 floors below the top of the building.
By highest room it ranks #142 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #31 by building height and #144 by top room floor. In Riyadh it ranks #2 of 2; Four Seasons Hotel Riyadh at Kingdom Centre has the highest rooms there, at 580 ft.
A standard room typically costs around $200 a night, below the $250 median across the tall hotels we track. Rates swing a lot by season, so check live prices before you book.
About the hotel
Rafal Real Estate Development Company built the tower in the Al Sahafa district of north Riyadh, on King Fahd Road not far from the King Abdullah Financial District. Designed by P&T Group with a glass facade and stone-clad podium, it combines a hotel with several hundred residential apartments and sits beside a retail boulevard of cafés and boutiques. The hotel opened in early 2014 as Burj Rafal Hotel Kempinski, the group's first property in Saudi Arabia, and has since left the Kempinski brand.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: Burj Rafal Hotel Riyadh and its neighbours in the world ranking by highest room.
#139The New Yorker, A Wyndham HotelNew York
#140Nina Hotel Tsuen Wan WestHong Kong
#141Lotte Hotel BusanBusan
#142Burj Rafal Hotel RiyadhRiyadh
#143Cordis, Hong KongHong Kong
#144Grand Metropark Hotel NanjingNanjing
#145Atlanta Marriott MarquisAtlantaMore tall hotels in Riyadh
Other Riyadh hotels on our list, by highest room.
Questions about Burj Rafal Hotel Riyadh
What floor are the highest rooms at Burj Rafal Hotel Riyadh?
The highest guest rooms at Burj Rafal Hotel Riyadh are on the 37th floor. The hotel occupies floors ~1–37 of the 70-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at Burj Rafal Hotel Riyadh?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 535 ft (163 m) above street level, about 80 ft higher than the top of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The figure is an estimate based on the floor number and the building's average floor height.
How tall is the Burj Rafal Hotel Riyadh building?
The building is 1,010 ft (308 m) tall, with 70 floors, and was completed in 2014.
Is Burj Rafal Hotel Riyadh the tallest hotel in Riyadh?
Not by highest room. Four Seasons Hotel Riyadh at Kingdom Centre has higher rooms (580 ft vs 535 ft), and Burj Rafal Hotel Riyadh ranks #2 of the 2 Riyadh hotels on our list.
What else is in the Burj Rafal Hotel Riyadh tower?
Besides the hotel, the tower holds residences.
How much does a night at Burj Rafal Hotel Riyadh cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $200 per night, though rates vary a lot by date and season.
Heights come from CTBUH, Wikipedia and the hotels themselves. The highest-room figure is the top room floor multiplied by the building's average floor height, so treat it as accurate to within a few floors. How we measure.