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#16 highest hotel rooms in the world · InterContinental
InterContinental Nanjing (Zifeng Tower)
Nanjing, China · in Zifeng Tower · completed 2010
Highest room
1,080 ft
about 329 m above the street
Top room floor
77th
hotel floors 51–78
Building height
1,476 ft
450 m · 89 floors
Typical rate
$150
per night, standard room
Mixed-use tower: hotel plus offices · #11 by building height · #13 by top floor
How high is InterContinental Nanjing?
InterContinental Nanjing (Zifeng Tower) is an InterContinental hotel in Nanjing, China. Its highest guest rooms are on the 77th floor, roughly 1,080 ft (329 m) above the street: about level with the top of the Eiffel Tower.
The hotel occupies floors 51–78 of Zifeng Tower, an 89-floor tower that rises 1,476 ft (450 m) and was completed in 2010; the rest of the building holds offices. Its lowest guest floors start around 720 ft up. Guest rooms stop at floor 77, although the hotel's floors run up to 78.
By highest room it ranks #16 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #11 by building height and #13 by top room floor. It has the highest hotel rooms in Nanjing on our list, 60 ft above Jumeirah Nanjing. It's the highest InterContinental hotel in our index.
A standard room typically costs around $150 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
InterContinental Nanjing opened in 2010 in Zifeng Tower, part of the Greenland Square development, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill under Adrian Smith and built through a partnership of Shanghai's Greenland Group and Nanjing's State Investment Group. Offices and shops fill the lower part of the tower, with the hotel above and restaurants and a public observatory near the top. Facing Gulou Square in central Nanjing, the hotel opened with 445 rooms, four restaurants and two large ballrooms.
How it compares
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Other Nanjing hotels on our list, by highest room.
Jumeirah Nanjing (Nanjing International Youth Cultural Centre)
🇨🇳 Nanjing · rooms to 1,020 ft
Floor 66 · 1,034 ft tower
Shangri-La Nanjing
🇨🇳 Nanjing · rooms to 565 ft
Floor 45 · 591 ft tower
Grand Metropark Hotel Nanjing
🇨🇳 Nanjing · rooms to 530 ft
Floor 40 · 558 ft tower
Sheraton Nanjing Kingsley Hotel & Towers
🇨🇳 Nanjing · rooms to 510 ft
Floor 40 · 538 ft tower
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Questions about InterContinental Nanjing
What floor are the highest rooms at InterContinental Nanjing?
The highest guest rooms at InterContinental Nanjing are on the 77th floor. The hotel occupies floors 51–78 of the 89-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at InterContinental Nanjing?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 1,080 ft (329 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 Zifeng Tower?
Zifeng Tower is 1,476 ft (450 m) tall, with 89 floors, and was completed in 2010.
Is InterContinental Nanjing the tallest hotel in Nanjing?
By highest room, yes: it has the highest hotel rooms of the 5 Nanjing hotels on our list, ahead of Jumeirah Nanjing (1,020 ft).
What else is in Zifeng Tower?
Besides the hotel, Zifeng Tower holds offices.
How much does a night at InterContinental Nanjing cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $150 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.