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#40 highest hotel rooms in the world · Mövenpick
Mövenpick Hajar Tower Makkah (Abraj Al Bait)
Makkah, Saudi Arabia · in Abraj Al Bait · completed 2012
Highest room
820 ft
about 250 m above the street
Top room floor
50th
hotel floors 1–52
Building height
853 ft
260 m · 52 floors
Typical rate
$250
per night, standard room
Dedicated hotel tower · #51 by building height · #80 by top floor
How high is Mövenpick Hajar Tower Makkah?
Mövenpick Hajar Tower Makkah (Abraj Al Bait) is a Mövenpick hotel in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Its highest guest rooms are on the 50th floor, roughly 820 ft (250 m) above the street: about 215 ft higher than the top of Seattle's Space Needle.
The hotel fills Abraj Al Bait, a 52-floor tower that rises 853 ft (260 m) and was completed in 2012. Guest rooms stop at floor 50, 2 floors below the top of the building.
By highest room it ranks #40 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #51 by building height and #80 by top room floor. In Makkah it ranks #2 of 7; Fairmont Makkah Clock Royal Tower has the highest rooms there, at 1,095 ft.
A standard room typically costs around $250 a night, close to 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
Mövenpick Hotel & Residences Hajar Tower Makkah opened in 2009 in Hajar Tower, part of the government-owned Abraj Al Bait (Clock Towers) complex built by Saudi Binladin Group on the site of the Ottoman-era Ajyad Fortress. The hotel sits directly on the Haram Court facing the King Abdul Aziz Gate of the Masjid al-Haram, and opened with 1,204 rooms and apartments. Dining includes the Al Naim buffet restaurant and the Al Diwan Tea Lounge, and the complex also contains a large shopping mall.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: Mövenpick Hajar Tower Makkah and its neighbours in the world ranking by highest room.
#37Radisson Royal Hotel DubaiDubai
#38Lotte Hotel HanoiHanoi
#39Andaz Tokyo Toranomon HillsTokyo
#40Mövenpick Hajar Tower MakkahMakkah#41Pullman ZamZam MakkahMakkah
#42InterContinental Los Angeles DowntownLos Angeles
#43Raffles JakartaJakartaMore tall hotels in Makkah
Other Makkah hotels on our list, by highest room.
Fairmont Makkah Clock Royal Tower
🇸🇦 Makkah · rooms to 1,095 ft
Floor 76 · 1,972 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
Questions about Mövenpick Hajar Tower Makkah
What floor are the highest rooms at Mövenpick Hajar Tower Makkah?
The highest guest rooms at Mövenpick Hajar Tower Makkah are on the 50th floor. The hotel occupies floors 1–52 of the 52-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at Mövenpick Hajar Tower Makkah?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 820 ft (250 m) above street level, about 215 ft higher than the top of Seattle's Space Needle. 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 853 ft (260 m) tall, with 52 floors, and was completed in 2012.
Is Mövenpick Hajar Tower Makkah the tallest hotel in Makkah?
Not by highest room. Fairmont Makkah Clock Royal Tower has higher rooms (1,095 ft vs 820 ft), and Mövenpick Hajar Tower Makkah ranks #2 of the 7 Makkah hotels on our list.
How much does a night at Mövenpick Hajar Tower Makkah cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $250 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.