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#170 highest hotel rooms in the world · Independent
Pyramid Continental Hotel
Lusaka, Zambia · completed 2024
Highest room
395 ft
about 120 m above the street
Top room floor
25th
hotel floors 1–27
Building height
427 ft
130 m · 27 floors
Typical rate
$150
per night, standard room
Dedicated hotel tower · #171 by building height · #175 by top floor
How high is Pyramid Continental Hotel?
Pyramid Continental Hotel is an independent hotel in Lusaka, Zambia. Its highest guest rooms are on the 25th floor (an estimate), roughly 395 ft (120 m) above the street: about 80 ft higher than the top of Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower.
The hotel fills a 27-floor tower that rises 427 ft (130 m) and was completed in 2024. Guest rooms stop at floor 25, 2 floors below the top of the building.
By highest room it ranks #170 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #171 by building height and #175 by top room floor.
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
The Pyramid Continental Hotel is reported as a hotel tower in Lusaka, Zambia, completed in 2024. Details of its operator, rooms and facilities have not been published in sources we could verify.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: Pyramid Continental Hotel and its neighbours in the world ranking by highest room.
#167Michelangelo TowersSandton
#168SIRO One Za'abeelDubai
#169The St. Regis CairoCairo
#170Pyramid Continental HotelLusaka
#171Corinthia Hotel TripoliTripoli
#172Kenzi Tower HotelCasablanca
#173Radisson Collection Hotel, MoscowMoscowQuestions about Pyramid Continental Hotel
What floor are the highest rooms at Pyramid Continental Hotel?
The highest guest rooms at Pyramid Continental Hotel are on the 25th floor. The hotel occupies floors 1–27 of the 27-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at Pyramid Continental Hotel?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 395 ft (120 m) above street level, about 80 ft higher than the top of Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower. The figure is an estimate based on the floor number and the building's average floor height.
How tall is the Pyramid Continental Hotel building?
The building is 427 ft (130 m) tall, with 27 floors, and was completed in 2024.
How much does a night at Pyramid Continental Hotel 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.