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#174 highest hotel rooms in the world · Hilton
Ramses Hilton
Cairo, Egypt · completed 1981
Highest room
340 ft
about 104 m above the street
Top room floor
34th
hotel floors 1–36
Building height
~361 ft
110 m · 36 floors
Typical rate
$120
per night, standard room
Dedicated hotel tower · #174 by building height · #162 by top floor
How high is Ramses Hilton?
Ramses Hilton is a Hilton hotel in Cairo, Egypt. Its highest guest rooms are on the 34th floor (an estimate), roughly 340 ft (104 m) above the street: about 25 ft higher than the top of Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower.
The hotel fills a 36-floor tower that rises 361 ft (110 m) (estimated) and was completed in 1981. Guest rooms stop at floor 34, 2 floors below the top of the building.
By highest room it ranks #174 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #174 by building height and #162 by top room floor. In Cairo it ranks #3 of 4; Hilton Cairo Grand Nile has the highest rooms there, at 445 ft. Among the 7 Hilton hotels we track, it ranks #4.
A standard room typically costs around $120 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
Designed by New York firm Warner Burns Toan & Lunde with Egyptian architect Ali Nour el-Din Nassar, the Ramses Hilton opened in 1981 on the Nile Corniche in Cairo's Bulaq district. Its triangular guest-room tower rises from a four-level podium of public spaces arranged around an atrium, and the hotel has about 900 rooms, plus a restaurant and observation level known for views towards the distant pyramids. In 2019 the Arab International Company for Hotels announced a four-year redevelopment programme for the hotel.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: Ramses Hilton and its neighbours in the world ranking by highest room.
#170Pyramid Continental HotelLusaka
#171Corinthia Hotel TripoliTripoli
#172Kenzi Tower HotelCasablanca
#173Radisson Collection Hotel, MoscowMoscow
#174Ramses HiltonCairo
#175Southern Sun Cape SunCape Town
#176Fairmont Nile CityCairoMore tall hotels in Cairo
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Questions about Ramses Hilton
What floor are the highest rooms at Ramses Hilton?
The highest guest rooms at Ramses Hilton are on the 34th floor. The hotel occupies floors 1–36 of the 36-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at Ramses Hilton?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 340 ft (104 m) above street level, about 25 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 Ramses Hilton building?
The building is 361 ft (110 m) tall (estimated), with 36 floors, and was completed in 1981.
Is Ramses Hilton the tallest hotel in Cairo?
Not by highest room. Hilton Cairo Grand Nile has higher rooms (445 ft vs 340 ft), and Ramses Hilton ranks #3 of the 4 Cairo hotels on our list.
How much does a night at Ramses Hilton cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $120 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.