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#5 highest hotel rooms in the world · Niccolo
Niccolo Changsha (Changsha IFS)
Changsha, China · in Changsha IFS · completed 2018
Highest room
1,420 ft
about 433 m above the street
Top room floor
92nd
hotel floors 84–93
Building height
1,483 ft
452 m · 94 floors
Typical rate
$180
per night, standard room
Mixed-use tower: hotel plus offices · #9 by building height · #9 by top floor
How high is Niccolo Changsha?
Niccolo Changsha (Changsha IFS) is a Niccolo hotel in Changsha, China. Its highest guest rooms are on the 92nd floor, roughly 1,420 ft (433 m) above the street: about 170 ft higher than the roof of the Empire State Building.
The hotel occupies floors 84–93 of Changsha IFS, a 94-floor tower that rises 1,483 ft (452 m) and was completed in 2018; the rest of the building holds offices. Its lowest guest floors start around 1,300 ft up. Guest rooms stop at floor 92, although the hotel's floors run up to 93.
By highest room it ranks #5 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #9 by building height and #9 by top room floor. It has the highest hotel rooms in Changsha on our list, 790 ft above Dolton Hotel Changsha. It's the highest Niccolo hotel in our index.
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
Niccolo Changsha opened on 29 October 2018 as the fourth hotel in Wharf Hotels' Niccolo collection, occupying the top floors of Changsha IFS Tower T1, designed by Wong Tung & Partners for The Wharf (Holdings) in Furong District. Below the hotel are offices, and the tower rises above the large Changsha IFS shopping mall near the Huangxing Road pedestrian street. The hotel has more than 240 rooms and suites with interiors by Wilson Associates, a sky lobby, the all-day Niccolo Kitchen, The Tea Lounge and a cocktail bar.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: Niccolo Changsha and its neighbours in the world ranking by highest room.
#2Park Hyatt Kuala LumpurKuala Lumpur
#3The Ritz-Carlton, Hong KongHong Kong
#4J Hotel Shanghai TowerShanghai
#5Niccolo ChangshaChangsha
#6Park Hyatt ShanghaiShanghai
#7Niccolo SuzhouSuzhou
#8The St. Regis ShenzhenShenzhenMore tall hotels in Changsha
Other Changsha hotels on our list, by highest room.
Other tall Niccolo hotels
Questions about Niccolo Changsha
What floor are the highest rooms at Niccolo Changsha?
The highest guest rooms at Niccolo Changsha are on the 92nd floor. The hotel occupies floors 84–93 of the 94-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at Niccolo Changsha?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 1,420 ft (433 m) above street level, about 170 ft higher than the roof of the Empire State Building. The figure is an estimate based on the floor number and the building's average floor height.
How tall is Changsha IFS?
Changsha IFS is 1,483 ft (452 m) tall, with 94 floors, and was completed in 2018.
Is Niccolo Changsha the tallest hotel in Changsha?
By highest room, yes: it has the highest hotel rooms of the 2 Changsha hotels on our list, ahead of Dolton Hotel Changsha (630 ft).
What else is in Changsha IFS?
Besides the hotel, Changsha IFS holds offices.
How much does a night at Niccolo Changsha 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.