The town is at the gates of Verdon River, at 60 km from the sea and 80 km from the snow stations.Aups is named Capital of Haut-Var and Capital of the truffle and was made a part of the Parc naturel régional du Verdon in 2000.

A statue called "Maiden of the Massacre" was erected on square where the massacre took place, in Clock Street.Aups was the centre of the Var Republican insurgency in 1851 against the coup d'état of Napoleon III, and became known as the "Center of Red Var".

It was liberated by American forces on 17 August 1944, two days after the Operation Dragoon landings to the south.

There is a colourful Provençal market, every Wednesday and Saturday featuring local products and handicrafts.

The Château de Taurenne is, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful and one of the last Var buildings dating from the Middle Ages.