‘Bachelor in Paradise’ Filmed in a New, "Sexy" Location for Season 10

For nearly a decade, showrunners have played matchmaker on ABC’s Bachelor in Paradise.

Season 10 of the highly watched series debuted on July 7, 2025. The series returned after a two-year hiatus and was ready to show viewers what they'd been missing since the last time we saw romantic hopefuls search for love as a stunning tropical location serves as a backdrop.

The revamped Bachelor in Paradise includes Bachelor veteran Jesse Palmer as the show's host, along bartender and Bachelorette alum Wells Adams with former Bachelorette Hannah Brown joining as the show's first-ever "head of Paradise Relations." The show also added all of the Bachelor Nation crew, including several Golden Bachelor and Golden Bachelorette alums. But where was this season of BiP filmed? Here’s what we know!

Bachelor in Paradise Season 10 was filmed at the Azura Beach Resort in Samara, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. The location was an upgraded version of the one fans became accustomed to during previous seasons. Some of the amenities include enclosed rooms with private pools that each contestant will share with one roommate. In past BiP seasons, the contestants would sleep in bunk beds in open-air rooms.

Before Season 10, all Bachelor in Paradise seasons were filmed in Mexico. During each season season of BiP — with the exception of Season 1, which was set at the Casa Palapa resort in Tulum, Mexico — the show had been filmed at the Playa Escondida, a boutique resort located in Nayarit, Sayulita, a city that sits on Mexico’s Pacific coast. Like the past resorts, viewers can stay in the Costa Rica location.

According to its website, the All Inclusive Adults Only resort is available to the public for a little over $400 a night. The resort has a four-star rating and has multiple accomodations for guests to enjoy, including swim up suites and ocean view rooms.

Although Mexico had been home to BiP productions since Season 1, the show decided to switch gears for Season 10 by filming in Costa Rica. It was a decision the series' showrunner Scott Teti said was “already in motion” before he signed on to lead the show. He also shared that switching up the location during the landmark season was a way for producers were "trying to elevate" BiP from its previous seasons.

“I think the drive to move was based on shaking things up stylistically with a new vibe and a new kind of Paradise,” Teti explained during an interview with Entertainment Weekly. "It also has the ability for our production to stay on one side of the sister hotel, and the newer portion of the [Azura] Beach Resort, where we will be filming, is right next door. It's this beautiful sexy, new location.”

The showrunner also shared that while the BiP contestants will stay in a new place, they didn't get rid of all of the staples fans have loved since its inception. Teti said the show's iconic "boom boom room" — a private space where contestants can have intimate time away from the rest of the cast — received an upgrade and is now a "VIP Suite" that contestants can use when they want some "alone" time.

In addition to the extra privacy, VIP Suite attendees have a two-story private getaway, a private pool on the top floor, a jacuzzi on the second, and a "full-on kitchen" on the second floor. While some fans will understandably miss the vibes in Mexico, Costa Rica has tons of potential as the new BiP hub!

Catch new episodes of Bachelor in Paradise Mondays and Tuesdays at 8 p.m. EST on ABC.