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#169 highest hotel rooms in the world · St. Regis
The St. Regis Cairo
Cairo, Egypt · completed 2021
Highest room
430 ft
about 131 m above the street
Top room floor
30th
hotel floors ~1–30
Building height
458 ft
140 m · 32 floors
Typical rate
$400
per night, standard room
Mixed-use tower: hotel plus residences · #170 by building height · #168 by top floor
How high is The St. Regis Cairo?
The St. Regis Cairo is a St. Regis hotel in Cairo, Egypt. Its highest guest rooms are on the 30th floor (an estimate), roughly 430 ft (131 m) above the street: about 115 ft higher than the top of Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower.
The hotel fills a 32-floor tower that rises 458 ft (140 m) and was completed in 2021; the building also holds residences. Guest rooms stop at floor 30, 2 floors below the top of the building.
By highest room it ranks #169 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #170 by building height and #168 by top room floor. In Cairo it ranks #2 of 4; Hilton Cairo Grand Nile has the highest rooms there, at 445 ft. Among the 4 St. Regis hotels we track, it ranks #3.
A standard room typically costs around $400 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 St. Regis Cairo is the hotel tower of Qatari Diar's Nile Corniche development in downtown Cairo, which pairs it with a separate residential tower, The Residences at The St. Regis Cairo. The hotel opened in June 2020 and was formally inaugurated in January 2021 in the presence of the Qatari and Egyptian finance ministers and the US Treasury Secretary. It looks out over the Nile from the Corniche and includes the Iridium Spa.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: The St. Regis Cairo and its neighbours in the world ranking by highest room.
#166JW Marriott Hotel NairobiNairobi
#167Michelangelo TowersSandton
#168SIRO One Za'abeelDubai
#169The St. Regis CairoCairo
#170Pyramid Continental HotelLusaka
#171Corinthia Hotel TripoliTripoli
#172Kenzi Tower HotelCasablancaMore tall hotels in Cairo
Other Cairo hotels on our list, by highest room.
Other tall St. Regis hotels
Questions about The St. Regis Cairo
What floor are the highest rooms at The St. Regis Cairo?
The highest guest rooms at The St. Regis Cairo are on the 30th floor. The hotel occupies floors ~1–30 of the 32-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at The St. Regis Cairo?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 430 ft (131 m) above street level, about 115 ft higher than 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 The St. Regis Cairo building?
The building is 458 ft (140 m) tall, with 32 floors, and was completed in 2021.
Is The St. Regis Cairo the tallest hotel in Cairo?
Not by highest room. Hilton Cairo Grand Nile has higher rooms (445 ft vs 430 ft), and The St. Regis Cairo ranks #2 of the 4 Cairo hotels on our list.
What else is in the The St. Regis Cairo tower?
Besides the hotel, the tower holds residences.
How much does a night at The St. Regis Cairo cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $400 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.