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#16 tallest hotel in Florida · Marriott
Tampa Marriott Water Street
Tampa, United States · completed 2000
Highest room
315 ft
about 96 m above the street
Top room floor
26th
hotel floors 1–27
Building height
326 ft
99 m · 27 floors
Typical rate
$250
per night, standard room
Dedicated hotel tower
How high is Tampa Marriott Water Street?
Tampa Marriott Water Street is a Marriott hotel in Tampa, United States. Its highest guest rooms are on the 26th floor, roughly 315 ft (96 m) above the street: about level with the Statue of Liberty's torch.
The hotel fills a 27-floor tower that rises 326 ft (99 m) and was completed in 2000. Guest rooms stop at floor 26, one floor below the top of the building.
It ranks #16 of the 44 hotels in our Florida ranking by highest room. It has the highest hotel rooms in Tampa on our list, 35 ft above JW Marriott Tampa Water Street. Among the 10 Marriott hotels we track, it ranks #9.
A standard room typically costs around $250 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
Completed in 2000 as the Tampa Marriott Waterside, this 727-room tower beside the Tampa Convention Center belongs to Strategic Property Partners' Water Street Tampa district (SPP bought it in 2014) and is linked to the newer JW Marriott by a glass skybridge. Renamed Tampa Marriott Water Street, it completed an 18-month renovation and expansion in 2019. Many rooms have waterfront views, and the hotel has a rooftop pool with cabanas, the Anchor and Brine seafood restaurant and Lona, a Mexican restaurant by chef Richard Sandoval.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: Tampa Marriott Water Street and its neighbours in the Florida ranking by highest room.
#13Miami Marriott Biscayne BayMiami
#14The St. Regis Bal Harbour ResortBal Harbour
#15The Ritz-Carlton Bal HarbourBal Harbour
#16Tampa Marriott Water StreetTampa
#17Biltmore Hotel Miami Coral GablesCoral Gables
#18Hilton Orlando Buena Vista PalaceLake Buena Vista
#19The Boca RatonBoca RatonMore tall hotels in Tampa
Other Tampa hotels on our list, by highest room.
Other tall Marriott hotels
Questions about Tampa Marriott Water Street
What floor are the highest rooms at Tampa Marriott Water Street?
The highest guest rooms at Tampa Marriott Water Street are on the 26th floor. The hotel occupies floors 1–27 of the 27-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at Tampa Marriott Water Street?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 315 ft (96 m) above street level, about level with the Statue of Liberty's torch. The figure is an estimate based on the floor number and the building's average floor height.
How tall is the Tampa Marriott Water Street building?
The building is 326 ft (99 m) tall, with 27 floors, and was completed in 2000.
Is Tampa Marriott Water Street the tallest hotel in Tampa?
By highest room, yes: it has the highest hotel rooms of the 5 Tampa hotels on our list, ahead of JW Marriott Tampa Water Street (280 ft).
How much does a night at Tampa Marriott Water Street cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $250 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.