LAVISH LIVING
The season will be filmed entirely at California’s La Quinta Resort & Club, near Palm Springs, about two-and-a-half hours from LA. The 1,400-acre property features seven restaurants, 41 pools, 23 tennis courts and — most importantly! — 53 hot tubs. (Many Bachelor Nation stars stay there during the Stagecoach music festival, the infamous site of multiple inter-cast hookups.) Reportedly, the contestants are expected to have their own rooms — no bunking like in the Bachelor mansion!
BACK TO BASICS
The show wasn’t always about exotic locations — the very first Bachelorette, Trista Rehn, only took her top four contestants out of town (for Fantasy Suite and hometown dates) back in 2003. And as Bachelor Nation’s Ashley Iaconetti points out, the franchise has another perfect template: “It’s probably going…