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#24 highest hotel rooms in the world · Niccolo
Niccolo Chongqing (Chongqing IFS)
Chongqing, China · in Chongqing IFS · completed 2017
Highest room
970 ft
about 296 m above the street
Top room floor
61st
hotel floors ~52–62
Building height
984 ft
300 m · 62 floors
Typical rate
$180
per night, standard room
Mixed-use tower: hotel plus offices · #36 by building height · #40 by top floor
How high is Niccolo Chongqing?
Niccolo Chongqing (Chongqing IFS) is a Niccolo hotel in Chongqing, China. Its highest guest rooms are on the 61st floor (an estimate), roughly 970 ft (296 m) above the street: about 365 ft higher than the top of Seattle's Space Needle.
The hotel occupies floors 52–62 (approximately) of Chongqing IFS, a 62-floor tower that rises 984 ft (300 m) and was completed in 2017; the rest of the building holds offices. Its lowest guest floors start around 830 ft up. Guest rooms stop at floor 61, although the hotel's floors run up to 62.
By highest room it ranks #24 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #36 by building height and #40 by top room floor. It has the highest hotel rooms in Chongqing on our list, 195 ft above The Westin Chongqing Liberation Square. Among the 3 Niccolo 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
Niccolo Chongqing opened on 8 September 2017 in the top floors of Tower 1 of Chongqing IFS (International Finance Square), a mixed-use tower in the Jiangbeizui business district of Jiangbei, near the confluence of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers. Part of Wharf Hotels' Niccolo collection, it has guest rooms designed by HBA, the all-day Niccolo Kitchen, a tea lounge and a cocktail bar with views across the city, plus a gym, spa and pool. Offices occupy the lower floors, and the hotel is next to a metro station.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: Niccolo Chongqing and its neighbours in the world ranking by highest room.
#21Jumeirah NanjingNanjing
#22JW Marriott Marquis DubaiDubai
#23Grand Hyatt ManilaManila
#24Niccolo ChongqingChongqing
#25Four Seasons Hotel PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia
#26SLS Dubai Hotel & ResidencesDubai
#27Oakwood Premier IncheonIncheonMore tall hotels in Chongqing
Other Chongqing hotels on our list, by highest room.
Other tall Niccolo hotels
Questions about Niccolo Chongqing
What floor are the highest rooms at Niccolo Chongqing?
The highest guest rooms at Niccolo Chongqing are on the 61st floor. The hotel occupies floors ~52–62 of the 62-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at Niccolo Chongqing?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 970 ft (296 m) above street level, about 365 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 Chongqing IFS?
Chongqing IFS is 984 ft (300 m) tall, with 62 floors, and was completed in 2017.
Is Niccolo Chongqing the tallest hotel in Chongqing?
By highest room, yes: it has the highest hotel rooms of the 2 Chongqing hotels on our list, ahead of The Westin Chongqing Liberation Square (775 ft).
What else is in Chongqing IFS?
Besides the hotel, Chongqing IFS holds offices.
How much does a night at Niccolo Chongqing 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.