Italians are over rated from every point of view - I'm an Italian emigrated abroad so I can say that.
Never seen in Italy so many big cocks and up for it guys as here in London.
The average Italian is self obsessed, arrogant and sophisticated, so I let you figure how untouchable are those lucky guys who are gifted between their legs, they are literally untouchable (unless some/many of those entering the middle age and over, when they start hunting for younger guys they offer what they think it's their best part even to those guys that they wouldn't have shagged before).
...and this pairs with the fact that the vast majority of italian girls are very precious, in fact italian guys visiting abroad get very surprised how """"""""""friendly"""""""""" are the foreigners girls.
Italians are generally passionate (that's not always a good thing), and they're passionate in bed (that's a good thing), this is the only true thing I've experienced all the rest is myth and it's very hard to die.
Sometimes while having sex with a foreign guy (Polish, Latvian, British) I've been whispered "my italian stallion", LOL!
Passionate means Italians do it better and I agree with it, a good Italian lover do everything well, foreplay, kissing, oral and anal, I've experienced instead that English guys for instance often skip all the stages they aren't even able to kiss and do just the fucking, although they're not all the same, of course.
The biggest cocks are usually from northern europe or south africa both white men and black men (Jamaicans), Holland, Germany, Poland, Czech republic and so on.
I can say that in UK it's not impossible to bump into a big guy (I mean >=9") who is up for fun.
I really really really love Germans and many of then have massive willies but they're extremely picky, in fact you don't find Germans around here.
French have really big cocks too it's incredible! (but usually up their own arse as much as Italians or even more).
A very sad thing I've to say, as a gay, I've noticed that the vast majority of gay Italians "imported" in London fit this description:
- overtly unpluck eyebrows
- queens feminine or blatantly camp
- small cock
- complete bottoms
- usually ugly, someone is cute but he'll never make it for the previous points
This is what I've noticed and I've found many locals agreeing with me.
Hence most of the things believed about Italians are rubbish, and the Italian myth is as you said, just a myth.