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#45 highest hotel rooms in the world · Swissôtel
Swissôtel Al Maqam Makkah (Abraj Al Bait)
Makkah, Saudi Arabia · in Abraj Al Bait · completed 2012
Highest room
785 ft
about 239 m above the street
Top room floor
46th
hotel floors 1–48
Building height
820 ft
250 m · 48 floors
Typical rate
$230
per night, standard room
Dedicated hotel tower · #58 by building height · #102 by top floor
How high is Swissôtel Al Maqam Makkah?
Swissôtel Al Maqam Makkah (Abraj Al Bait) is a Swissôtel hotel in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Its highest guest rooms are on the 46th floor, roughly 785 ft (239 m) above the street: about 180 ft higher than the top of Seattle's Space Needle.
The hotel fills Abraj Al Bait, a 48-floor tower that rises 820 ft (250 m) and was completed in 2012. Guest rooms stop at floor 46, 2 floors below the top of the building.
By highest room it ranks #45 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #58 by building height and #102 by top room floor. In Makkah it ranks #4 of 7; Fairmont Makkah Clock Royal Tower has the highest rooms there, at 1,095 ft. It's the highest Swissôtel hotel in our index.
A standard room typically costs around $230 a night, close to 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
Swissôtel Al Maqam Makkah opened in 2017 as the brand's second hotel in the city, in a tower of the Abraj Al Bait complex overlooking the Masjid al-Haram. It is managed under an agreement with Sarah Towers for Real Estate Investment Company and has 1,624 rooms and suites, many facing the Kaaba, with private entrances from the Um Al Qura tunnel and Ibrahim Al Khalil Street. Its all-day Al Khairat restaurant was announced with seating for up to 3,000 guests, and the complex's shopping mall is at ground level.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: Swissôtel Al Maqam Makkah and its neighbours in the world ranking by highest room.
#42InterContinental Los Angeles DowntownLos Angeles
#43Raffles JakartaJakarta
#44Wyndham Ion MajesticGenting Highlands
#45Swissôtel Al Maqam MakkahMakkah#46Swissôtel MakkahMakkah
#47The Ritz-Carlton, TokyoTokyo
#48Star Gate Hotel Kansai AirportIzumisanoMore 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 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
Raffles Makkah Palace (Abraj Al Bait)
🇸🇦 Makkah · rooms to 750 ft
Floor 43 · 787 ft tower
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Questions about Swissôtel Al Maqam Makkah
What floor are the highest rooms at Swissôtel Al Maqam Makkah?
The highest guest rooms at Swissôtel Al Maqam Makkah are on the 46th floor. The hotel occupies floors 1–48 of the 48-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at Swissôtel Al Maqam Makkah?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 785 ft (239 m) above street level, about 180 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 820 ft (250 m) tall, with 48 floors, and was completed in 2012.
Is Swissôtel Al Maqam Makkah the tallest hotel in Makkah?
Not by highest room. Fairmont Makkah Clock Royal Tower has higher rooms (1,095 ft vs 785 ft), and Swissôtel Al Maqam Makkah ranks #4 of the 7 Makkah hotels on our list.
How much does a night at Swissôtel Al Maqam Makkah cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $230 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.