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#165 highest hotel rooms in the world · Hilton
Hilton Cairo Grand Nile (Grand Nile Tower)
Cairo, Egypt · in Grand Nile Tower · completed 2002
Highest room
445 ft
about 136 m above the street
Top room floor
39th
hotel floors 1–41
Building height
466 ft
142 m · 41 floors
Typical rate
$180
per night, standard room
Dedicated hotel tower · #168 by building height · #139 by top floor
How high is Hilton Cairo Grand Nile?
Hilton Cairo Grand Nile (Grand Nile Tower) is a Hilton hotel in Cairo, Egypt. Its highest guest rooms are on the 39th floor (an estimate), roughly 445 ft (136 m) above the street: about level with the top of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
The hotel fills Grand Nile Tower, a 41-floor tower that rises 466 ft (142 m) and was completed in 2002. Guest rooms stop at floor 39, 2 floors below the top of the building.
By highest room it ranks #165 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #168 by building height and #139 by top room floor. It has the highest hotel rooms in Cairo on our list, 15 ft above The St. Regis Cairo. Among the 7 Hilton hotels we track, it ranks #3.
A standard room typically costs around $180 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
The tower was added in 2001 beside the original 1974 Méridien Cairo on Roda Island in the Nile and has carried several names: Le Royal Méridien, Royal Nile Tower, Grand Hyatt Cairo from 2003, and Grand Nile Tower after Hyatt cut ties in 2011. A long-planned move to Hilton took effect on 29 November 2024. Owned by Orascom Investment Holding, it has about 715 rooms and was built with a revolving restaurant; the older 1974 wing remains closed.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: Hilton Cairo Grand Nile and its neighbours in the world ranking by highest room.
#162ANA Crowne Plaza KobeKobe
#163The St. Regis MumbaiMumbai
#164Tokyo Dome HotelTokyo
#165Hilton Cairo Grand NileCairo
#166JW Marriott Hotel NairobiNairobi
#167Michelangelo TowersSandton
#168SIRO One Za'abeelDubaiMore tall hotels in Cairo
Other Cairo hotels on our list, by highest room.
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Questions about Hilton Cairo Grand Nile
What floor are the highest rooms at Hilton Cairo Grand Nile?
The highest guest rooms at Hilton Cairo Grand Nile are on the 39th floor. The hotel occupies floors 1–41 of the 41-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at Hilton Cairo Grand Nile?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 445 ft (136 m) above street level, about level with 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 Grand Nile Tower?
Grand Nile Tower is 466 ft (142 m) tall, with 41 floors, and was completed in 2002.
Is Hilton Cairo Grand Nile the tallest hotel in Cairo?
By highest room, yes: it has the highest hotel rooms of the 4 Cairo hotels on our list, ahead of The St. Regis Cairo (430 ft).
How much does a night at Hilton Cairo Grand Nile cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $180 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.