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#93 highest hotel rooms in the world · Shangri-La
Shangri-La Doha (City Center)
Doha, Qatar · in City Center · completed 2013
Highest room
635 ft
about 194 m above the street
Top room floor
56th
hotel floors 1–58
Building height
656 ft
200 m · 58 floors
Typical rate
$180
per night, standard room
Dedicated hotel tower · #106 by building height · #53 by top floor
How high is Shangri-La Doha?
Shangri-La Doha (City Center) is a Shangri-La hotel in Doha, Qatar. Its highest guest rooms are on the 56th floor, roughly 635 ft (194 m) above the street: about 30 ft higher than the top of Seattle's Space Needle.
The hotel fills City Center, a 58-floor tower that rises 656 ft (200 m) and was completed in 2013. Guest rooms stop at floor 56, 2 floors below the top of the building.
By highest room it ranks #93 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #106 by building height and #53 by top room floor. In Doha it ranks #2 of 2; Fairmont Doha & Raffles Doha has the highest rooms there, at 655 ft. Among the 8 Shangri-La hotels we track, it ranks #4.
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
Shangri-La Hotel, Doha operated in a tower in the City Center area of West Bay, the district built on reclaimed land at the northern end of the Doha Corniche that became the capital's main business and hotel quarter. Shangri-La's own website states that the hotel has not been in operation since 30 April 2019.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: Shangri-La Doha and its neighbours in the world ranking by highest room.
#90Berjaya Times Square HotelKuala Lumpur
#91Aman TokyoTokyo
#92Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain BayManama
#93Shangri-La DohaDoha
#94Park Hyatt BangkokBangkok
#95Royal Mediterranean HotelGuangzhou
#96Dolton Hotel ChangshaChangshaMore tall hotels in Doha
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Questions about Shangri-La Doha
What floor are the highest rooms at Shangri-La Doha?
The highest guest rooms at Shangri-La Doha are on the 56th floor. The hotel occupies floors 1–58 of the 58-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at Shangri-La Doha?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 635 ft (194 m) above street level, about 30 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 City Center?
City Center is 656 ft (200 m) tall, with 58 floors, and was completed in 2013.
Is Shangri-La Doha the tallest hotel in Doha?
Not by highest room. Fairmont Doha & Raffles Doha has higher rooms (655 ft vs 635 ft), and Shangri-La Doha ranks #2 of the 2 Doha hotels on our list.
How much does a night at Shangri-La Doha 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.