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#15 highest hotel rooms in the world · Fairmont
Fairmont Makkah Clock Royal Tower
Makkah, Saudi Arabia · in Abraj Al Bait · completed 2012
Highest room
1,095 ft
about 334 m above the street
Top room floor
76th
hotel floors ~1–76
Building height
1,972 ft
601 m · 120 floors
Typical rate
$350
per night, standard room
Mixed-use tower: hotel plus serviced apartments · #3 by building height · #15 by top floor
How high is Fairmont Makkah Clock Royal Tower?
Fairmont Makkah Clock Royal Tower is a Fairmont hotel in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Its highest guest rooms are on the 76th floor (an estimate), roughly 1,095 ft (334 m) above the street: about level with the top of the Eiffel Tower.
The hotel fills Abraj Al Bait, a 120-floor tower that rises 1,972 ft (601 m) and was completed in 2012; the building also holds serviced apartments. Guest rooms stop at floor 76, 44 floors below the top of the building.
By highest room it ranks #15 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #3 by building height and #15 by top room floor. It has the highest hotel rooms in Makkah on our list, 275 ft above Mövenpick Hajar Tower Makkah. It's the highest Fairmont hotel in our index.
A standard room typically costs around $350 a night, above 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
Makkah Clock Royal Tower, A Fairmont Hotel occupies the central clock tower of the Abraj Al Bait complex, built by the Saudi Binladin Group as part of the King Abdulaziz Endowment Project and facing the Masjid al-Haram. Designed by Dar Al-Handasah with SL Rasch, the tower carries four giant illuminated clock faces and a clock museum near the top. The hotel began welcoming pilgrims in late 2010 and now has 1,662 rooms and suites, many with Kaaba or Haram views and speakers relaying audio from the mosque.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: Fairmont Makkah Clock Royal Tower and its neighbours in the world ranking by highest room.
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#15Fairmont Makkah Clock Royal TowerMakkah
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#18Raffles ShenzhenShenzhenMore tall hotels in Makkah
Other Makkah hotels on our list, by highest room.
Mövenpick Hajar Tower Makkah (Abraj Al Bait)
🇸🇦 Makkah · rooms to 820 ft
Floor 50 · 853 ft tower
Pullman ZamZam Makkah (Abraj Al Bait)
🇸🇦 Makkah · rooms to 820 ft
Floor 50 · 853 ft tower
Swissôtel Al Maqam Makkah (Abraj Al Bait)
🇸🇦 Makkah · rooms to 785 ft
Floor 46 · 820 ft tower
Swissôtel Makkah (Abraj Al Bait)
🇸🇦 Makkah · rooms to 785 ft
Floor 46 · 820 ft tower
Al Marwa Rayhaan by Rotana (Abraj Al Bait)
🇸🇦 Makkah · rooms to 750 ft
Floor 43 · 787 ft tower
Raffles Makkah Palace (Abraj Al Bait)
🇸🇦 Makkah · rooms to 750 ft
Floor 43 · 787 ft tower
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Questions about Fairmont Makkah Clock Royal Tower
What floor are the highest rooms at Fairmont Makkah Clock Royal Tower?
The highest guest rooms at Fairmont Makkah Clock Royal Tower are on the 76th floor. The hotel occupies floors ~1–76 of the 120-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at Fairmont Makkah Clock Royal Tower?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 1,095 ft (334 m) above street level, about level with the top of the Eiffel Tower. The figure is an estimate based on the floor number and the building's average floor height.
How tall is Abraj Al Bait?
Abraj Al Bait is 1,972 ft (601 m) tall, with 120 floors, and was completed in 2012.
Is Fairmont Makkah Clock Royal Tower the tallest hotel in Makkah?
By highest room, yes: it has the highest hotel rooms of the 7 Makkah hotels on our list, ahead of Mövenpick Hajar Tower Makkah (820 ft).
What else is in Abraj Al Bait?
Besides the hotel, Abraj Al Bait holds serviced apartments.
How much does a night at Fairmont Makkah Clock Royal Tower cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $350 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.