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# Souda

Souda is a town and former municipality in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece.

[Plan a trip to Souda](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Souda) [From Heraklion](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Heraklion&to=Souda)

## Every way there

- Heraklion → Souda 97 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · €14–20 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/heraklion-to-souda) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Heraklion&to=Souda)
- Santorini Island → Souda Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/santorini-island-to-souda) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Santorini+Island&to=Souda)
- Spata-Artemida → Souda 275 km · quickest by air, 3h 34m · €80–110 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/spata-artemida-to-souda) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Spata-Artemida&to=Souda)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Souda, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

[Read the note on Souda](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/souda)

What Souda has

- Y Scheduled flights Souda (CHQ), 9 km
- Y Trains and coaches Transitous carries 4 timetable feeds for this country, 1 with real-time
- Y Ferries Σούδα, 1 km, ANEK Lines / Blue Star Ferries; sailings estimated
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share 6 share feeds in Transitous, not surfaced yet
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known.

35.483°, 24.067°

Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Chania, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 22.007 km2 (8.497 sq mi). It is an important ferry and naval port at the head of Souda Bay.

How locals move

## Getting around Souda the local way

- Get in From April to early November, there are many direct charter flights to Chania from the UK, Germany, Scandinavia and other European countries.
- Get in Ferry services from Athens (Piraeus port) to Chania (Hania) anchor at the nearby port of Souda.
- Get in Daily ferries, one ordinary with ANEK and one fast catamaran with Hellenic Seaways.
- Get in Hiring a car is easy with the usual documentation (a standard EU driving licence is fine.) Get prior permission in writing from the rental company if you plan to take the car away on a ferry.

From [Wikivoyage: Chania](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Chania), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-07.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souda), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Ввласенко (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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