Proof that all roads lead to Nurburg ...

If you have a Garmin GPS with European mapping, then life is very simple indeed: just download the file below and transfer it to your Garmin to find waypoints and routes to the Ring from Calais, Dunkerque, Frankfurt, Koln-Bonn and Hahn (what Ryanair likes to call 'Frankfurt Hahn'):

garmin.gdb

Right-click the link, select Save Target As, save to your PC, double-click to open in Mapsource, connect your GPS then select Send to Device. For Calais, you will find two routes, one via Eupen (fun roads but very bumpy section), the other via Prum (less fun but fast and no bumps!).

Otherwise, you can find photo-directions here for three of the routes:

From Calais

From Köln/Bonn airport

From Frankfurt airport

If travelling by public transport, the best advice I can offer is 'Don't - fly to Hahn and rent a cheap car instead'. But if you really have no choice, then you do this:

- Fly to Hahn
- Take a bus from Hahn to Koblenz (Bahnhof)
- Take a train from Koblenz to Remagen
- Change at Remagen onto another train to Honningen
- Take a bus from Honningen to Adenau
- Have a large beer because it just took you 3.5 hours to get from Hahn
Total ticket cost about €25 (one-way)