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#175 highest hotel rooms in the world · Southern Sun
Southern Sun Cape Sun
Cape Town, South Africa · completed 1982
Highest room
325 ft
about 99 m above the street
Top room floor
30th
hotel floors 1–32
Building height
~345 ft
105 m · 32 floors
Typical rate
$140
per night, standard room
Dedicated hotel tower · #175 by building height · #169 by top floor
How high is Southern Sun Cape Sun?
Southern Sun Cape Sun is a Southern Sun hotel in Cape Town, South Africa. Its highest guest rooms are on the 30th floor (an estimate), roughly 325 ft (99 m) above the street: about level with the top of Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower.
The hotel fills a 32-floor tower that rises 345 ft (105 m) (estimated) and was completed in 1982. Guest rooms stop at floor 30, 2 floors below the top of the building.
By highest room it ranks #175 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #175 by building height and #169 by top room floor.
A standard room typically costs around $140 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
Southern Sun Cape Sun stands on Strand Street in Cape Town's city centre, within walking distance of the Bo-Kaap, Long and Bree streets and the Cape Town International Convention Centre, with views of Table Mountain and out towards Robben Island. Completed in 1982 and run by South African group Southern Sun, it has 368 rooms and suites, an indoor pool and gym, the Riempies restaurant with Cape Dutch and Malay influences, Le Bar and Lounge, and meeting venues for up to 650 delegates.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: Southern Sun Cape Sun 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 CityCairoQuestions about Southern Sun Cape Sun
What floor are the highest rooms at Southern Sun Cape Sun?
The highest guest rooms at Southern Sun Cape Sun are on the 30th floor. The hotel occupies floors 1–32 of the 32-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at Southern Sun Cape Sun?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 325 ft (99 m) above street level, about level with 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 Southern Sun Cape Sun building?
The building is 345 ft (105 m) tall (estimated), with 32 floors, and was completed in 1982.
How much does a night at Southern Sun Cape Sun cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $140 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.