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El hotel no solo es acogedor, sino también muy espacioso.

El hotel no solo es acogedor, sino también muy espacioso.
The hotel is not only welcoming, but also very spacious.
From Lesson 363:Correlative conjunctions (no solo... sino también)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about El hotel no solo es acogedor, sino también muy espacioso.

Why do we use sino también here instead of pero también?
When you want to express 'not only... but also...', Spanish strictly uses the structure no solo... sino también.... While pero means 'but' for simple contrasts, sino is specifically used to introduce a correction or an addition after a negative statement (like the one starting with no solo).
The lesson mentions sino que también. Why don't we use que in this sentence?
You only need to add que (forming sino que también) when the second part of the phrase introduces a newly conjugated verb. Here, we are just connecting two adjectives (acogedor and espacioso) that share the same verb (es), so sino también is the correct choice.
Could I say no solamente instead of no solo?
Yes, no solamente and no solo mean the exact same thing in this structure. No solo is just slightly more common in everyday speech because it is shorter.
Acogedor translates to 'welcoming', but how is it related to other words?
It comes from the verb acoger, which means to receive, take in, or shelter. Adding the suffix -dor turns it into an adjective describing something that 'does' the verb. Therefore, a place that is acogedor takes you in warmly, making it welcoming or cozy.

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