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#35 tallest hotel in Florida · Ritz-Carlton
The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, United States · completed 2007
Highest room
205 ft
about 62 m above the street
Top room floor
18th
hotel floors ~2–18
Building height
~275 ft
84 m · 24 floors
Typical rate
$600
per night, standard room
Mixed-use tower: hotel plus residences
How high is The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale?
The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale is a Ritz-Carlton hotel in Fort Lauderdale, United States. Its highest guest rooms are on the 18th floor (an estimate), roughly 205 ft (62 m) above the street: about 100 ft below the Statue of Liberty's torch.
The hotel fills a 24-floor tower that rises 275 ft (84 m) (estimated) and was completed in 2007; the building also holds residences. Guest rooms stop at floor 18, 6 floors below the top of the building.
It ranks #35 of the 44 hotels in our Florida ranking by highest room. In Fort Lauderdale it ranks #5 of 6; Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort has the highest rooms there, at 270 ft. Among the 9 Ritz-Carlton hotels we track, it ranks #9.
A standard room typically costs around $600 a night, above 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
The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale stands on the oceanfront at 1 North Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard, near Las Olas. All of its rooms have balconies with ocean views, and the interiors take a 1940s-inspired, nautical style. Facilities include an elevated pool deck with cabanas overlooking the Atlantic, an 8,500-sq-ft spa and Burlock Coast, a restaurant, cafe, market and bar themed on the area's Prohibition-era rumrunners.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale and its neighbours in the Florida ranking by highest room.
More tall hotels in Fort Lauderdale
Other Fort Lauderdale hotels on our list, by highest room.
Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort
🇺🇸 Fort Lauderdale · rooms to 270 ft
Floor 24 · 280 ft tower
The Dalmar, Fort Lauderdale
🇺🇸 Fort Lauderdale · rooms to 270 ft
Floor 24 · 280 ft tower
Conrad Fort Lauderdale Beach
🇺🇸 Fort Lauderdale · rooms to 265 ft
Floor 23 · 275 ft tower
W Fort Lauderdale
🇺🇸 Fort Lauderdale · rooms to 255 ft
Floor 22 · 265 ft tower
Four Seasons Hotel Fort Lauderdale
🇺🇸 Fort Lauderdale · rooms to 140 ft
Floor 12 · 255 ft tower
Other tall Ritz-Carlton hotels
Questions about The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale
What floor are the highest rooms at The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale?
The highest guest rooms at The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale are on the 18th floor. The hotel occupies floors ~2–18 of the 24-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 205 ft (62 m) above street level, about 100 ft below 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 The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale building?
The building is 275 ft (84 m) tall (estimated), with 24 floors, and was completed in 2007.
Is The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale the tallest hotel in Fort Lauderdale?
Not by highest room. Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort has higher rooms (270 ft vs 205 ft), and The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale ranks #5 of the 6 Fort Lauderdale hotels on our list.
What else is in the The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale tower?
Besides the hotel, the tower holds residences.
How much does a night at The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $600 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.