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#160 highest hotel rooms in the world · Swissôtel
Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy Moscow
Moscow, Russia · completed 2005
Highest room
500 ft
about 152 m above the street
Top room floor
33rd
hotel floors 1–35
Building height
531 ft
162 m · 35 floors
Typical rate
$200
per night, standard room
Dedicated hotel tower · #161 by building height · #164 by top floor
How high is Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy Moscow?
Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy Moscow is a Swissôtel hotel in Moscow, Russia. Its highest guest rooms are on the 33rd floor, roughly 500 ft (152 m) above the street: about 45 ft higher than the top of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
The hotel fills a 35-floor tower that rises 531 ft (162 m) and was completed in 2005. Guest rooms stop at floor 33, 2 floors below the top of the building.
By highest room it ranks #160 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #161 by building height and #164 by top room floor. It has the highest hotel rooms in Moscow on our list, 160 ft above Radisson Collection Hotel, Moscow. Among the 4 Swissôtel hotels we track, it ranks #4.
A standard room typically costs around $200 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
Built by Turkish contractor ENKA as part of the Krasnye Holmy business development and opened in 2005, the slim, circular tower stands on Moscow's Kosmodamianskaya Embankment beside the Moscow International House of Music, less than three kilometres from the Kremlin. It has 234 rooms including 28 suites, and dining includes the Acapella restaurant and the City Space bar at the top of the tower, which Drinks International listed among the world's top 50 bars in 2011.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy Moscow and its neighbours in the world ranking by highest room.
#157The Westin New York at Times SquareNew York
#158Minnan HotelXiamen
#159New York-New YorkLas Vegas
#160Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy MoscowMoscow
#161BellagioLas Vegas
#162ANA Crowne Plaza KobeKobe
#163The St. Regis MumbaiMumbaiMore tall hotels in Moscow
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Questions about Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy Moscow
What floor are the highest rooms at Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy Moscow?
The highest guest rooms at Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy Moscow are on the 33rd floor. The hotel occupies floors 1–35 of the 35-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy Moscow?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 500 ft (152 m) above street level, about 45 ft higher than the top of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The figure is an estimate based on the floor number and the building's average floor height.
How tall is the Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy Moscow building?
The building is 531 ft (162 m) tall, with 35 floors, and was completed in 2005.
Is Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy Moscow the tallest hotel in Moscow?
By highest room, yes: it has the highest hotel rooms of the 2 Moscow hotels on our list, ahead of Radisson Collection Hotel, Moscow (340 ft).
How much does a night at Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy Moscow cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $200 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.