Bolo palma is a variant of bowls played throughout the north of Spain. The game originated in Cantabria but is also played in the neighbouring Asturias and Basque Country. Records of the game go back as far as the 16th century. The basic aim of the game is the knock over as many pins as possible with a wooden ball.

The playing field or bolera is between 30–34 m long and 8 m wide and roughly split into three areas, the zona de tiro (launch zone; jaurtitzeko aldea in Basque), the middle area or caja or zona de bolos and the zona de birle (pin zone; birlatzeko aldea in Basque).

The first section is the zona de tiro, the rectangular launching zone 8 m wide and 20 m long from where the players launch the ball. There are circles on the ground called tiros which mark different foot positions for the players.

The caja straddles the zona de tiro and the zona de birle at the far end. It also has a borderline to its front called fleje. Here, there are 9 wooden bolos (pins) with a metal base (argolla or anilla in Spanish), about 45 cm tall and 5 cm diameter, weighing between 550-630g. These are placed on pegs in a 3x3 square exactly straddling both zonas. There is also a tenth pin called emboque or cachi (txakina in Basque) which is smaller and off to one side.