Souda or Suda (Greek: Σούδα) is a town and municipality of the Greek island of Crete, in the prefecture of Chania. It is an important ferry and naval port at the head of Souda Bay. Souda is 6.5 km to the east of central Chania, although the area in between is mostly built-up. The town is a relatively new settlement, built on what used to be salt beds and marshland. The Turks knew the area as 'Tuzla', their name for salt-beds. In the 1870s, they began to build… (More on Souda)