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#57 highest hotel rooms in the world · Raffles
Raffles Makkah Palace (Abraj Al Bait)
Makkah, Saudi Arabia · in Abraj Al Bait · completed 2010
Highest room
750 ft
about 229 m above the street
Top room floor
43rd
hotel floors 1–45
Building height
787 ft
240 m · 45 floors
Typical rate
$400
per night, standard room
Dedicated hotel tower · #68 by building height · #122 by top floor
How high is Raffles Makkah Palace?
Raffles Makkah Palace (Abraj Al Bait) is a Raffles hotel in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Its highest guest rooms are on the 43rd floor, roughly 750 ft (229 m) above the street: about 145 ft higher than the top of Seattle's Space Needle.
The hotel fills Abraj Al Bait, a 45-floor tower that rises 787 ft (240 m) and was completed in 2010. Guest rooms stop at floor 43, 2 floors below the top of the building.
By highest room it ranks #57 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #68 by building height and #122 by top room floor. In Makkah it ranks #7 of 7; Fairmont Makkah Clock Royal Tower has the highest rooms there, at 1,095 ft. Among the 3 Raffles hotels we track, it ranks #3.
A standard room typically costs around $400 a night, above 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
Raffles Makkah Palace is an all-suite hotel in the Abraj Al Bait complex beside the Masjid al-Haram, next to the Fairmont Makkah Clock Royal Tower. It opened in 2010 and now has more than 210 suites, ranging from one- and two-bedroom suites to duplex villas, all overlooking the Grand Mosque and Kaaba and served by 24-hour Raffles butlers. The hotel has separate spa and gym facilities for men and women, and the wider complex includes a shopping mall, a prayer hall, a museum and a lunar observatory.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: Raffles Makkah Palace and its neighbours in the world ranking by highest room.
#54EQ Kuala LumpurKuala Lumpur
#55Park Hyatt TokyoTokyo
#56Al Marwa Rayhaan by RotanaMakkah#57Raffles Makkah PalaceMakkah
#58Park Hyatt BeijingBeijing
#59Shangri-La Phnom PenhPhnom Penh
#60Wyndham Grand i-CityShah AlamMore 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
Mövenpick Hajar Tower Makkah (Abraj Al Bait)
🇸🇦 Makkah · rooms to 820 ft
Floor 50 · 853 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
Other tall Raffles hotels
Questions about Raffles Makkah Palace
What floor are the highest rooms at Raffles Makkah Palace?
The highest guest rooms at Raffles Makkah Palace are on the 43rd floor. The hotel occupies floors 1–45 of the 45-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at Raffles Makkah Palace?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 750 ft (229 m) above street level, about 145 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 787 ft (240 m) tall, with 45 floors, and was completed in 2010.
Is Raffles Makkah Palace the tallest hotel in Makkah?
Not by highest room. Fairmont Makkah Clock Royal Tower has higher rooms (1,095 ft vs 750 ft), and Raffles Makkah Palace ranks #7 of the 7 Makkah hotels on our list.
How much does a night at Raffles Makkah Palace cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $400 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.