Carlos Barral and the literary circle of Calafell Historical milestone · Calafell, Baix Penedès, Tarragona During the 1960s and 1970s the Barcelona publisher Carlos Barral turned his house by the beach at Calafell into a meeting point for writers. Latin American and European authors passed through, among them Gabriel García Márquez and Octavio Paz. 1960-1989 Photo: Enfo (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Calafell